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'''''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian'''''<br />
<br />
==Part 1==<br />
Table of contents<ref>[https://www.htmp.org/St-Isaac-Ascetical-Homilies/Resources/AsceticalHomiliesTableofContents1.pdf Table of contents]. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian''.</ref><br />
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===Front matter===<br />
*Foreword<br />
*Encomium:<br />
**An Offering of Praise to Saint Abba Isaac the Syrian,<br />
***Inadequate for the Sublimity of its Subject,<br />
***but Written With Much Love,<br />
**by Photios Kontoglou<br />
*Translator’s introduction: A Historical Account of the Life and Writings of Saint Isaac the Syrian<br />
<br />
===Homilies===<br />
*Homily 1<br />
**On '''renunciation''' and the '''monastic life'''<br />
*Homily 2<br />
**On '''thankfulness to God''', in which there are also essential elementary lessons<br />
*Homily 3<br />
**That without toil the soul enters into '''understanding of the wisdom of God''' and of His creatures,<br />
***if she becomes still to the world and the cares of life;<br />
***for then she can come to know her nature and what treasures she has hidden within herself<br />
**On the soul, the passions, and the purity of the mind in questions and answers<br />
**On the senses,<br />
***and on temptations also<br />
**On our Master’s tender compassion, whereby from the height of His majesty He has condescended to men’s weakness;<br />
***and on temptations<br />
*Homily 4<br />
**On the '''love of God''' and '''renunciation and the rest''' which is in God<br />
*Homily 5<br />
**On keeping oneself '''remote from the world''' and from all things that disquiet the mind<br />
*Homily 6<br />
**That to our profit God has '''permitted the soul to be susceptible to accidents''';<br />
***and on '''ascetical activities'''<br />
*Homily 7<br />
**On the '''kinds of hope''' in God;<br />
***and for whom it is right to put his hope in God,<br />
***and who it is that entertains such hope foolishly and imprudently<br />
*Homily 8<br />
**On what helps a man to '''approach God''' in his heart,<br />
***and what is the real cause that secretly brings help near him;<br />
***and again, what is the cause that leads a man to humility<br />
*Homily 9<br />
**On '''sins''' voluntary and involuntary,<br />
***and on those which are committed because of some accidental circumstance<br />
*Homily 10<br />
**On the words of the '''divine writings''' which urge men to '''repentance''',<br />
***and that they were said with a view to men’s weakness,<br />
***lest they perish from the living God,<br />
***but that one must not employ them as an excuse for sinning<br />
*Homily 11<br />
**On how the '''beauty of monastic life''' is preserved<br />
***and on how it can be a means for God to be glorified<br />
*Homily 12<br />
**That the servant of God who has '''stripped himself of the things of the world''',<br />
***and is come forth in quest of Him, must never, because he has not attained to a sure apprehension of the truth, cease from his quest for fear of this,<br />
***and grow cold in that ardor which is born of love for things divine and of searching out their mysteries;<br />
***and on how the mind is confounded by the memory of the passions<br />
*Homily 13<br />
**On the alteration and change that takes place in those who are making their way on the '''path of stillness''', which has been laid out by God;<br />
***for sometimes melancholy and suffocation of soul occur,<br />
***sometimes sudden joy and unaccustomed fervor.<br />
***Glory be to Him Who orders our paths aright! Amen<br />
*Homily 14<br />
**Concerning '''hesychasts''':<br />
***on when they begin to understand what place they have attained with their labors in the boundless sea that is the life of stillness;<br />
***and on when they can have a little hope that their toils have begun to yield them fruit<br />
*Homily 15<br />
**On guarding and keeping oneself from '''lax and negligent men''',<br />
***and on how, by drawing near to them, heedlessness and laxity rule over a man and he is filled with every passion.<br />
**And on guarding oneself from proximity to youths, lest the mind be defiled by licentious thoughts<br />
*Homily 16<br />
**On '''renouncing the world''' and refraining from familiarity with men<br />
*Homily 17<br />
**On a '''rule for beginners''' and their state and the matters that pertain to them<br />
*Homily 18<br />
**On the successive '''stages of the monastic life''', briefly and distinctly noted;<br />
***and how and in what way its virtues are born from each other<br />
*Homily 19<br />
**That '''abstention from cares''' is profitable for hesychasts;<br />
***and that going out and coming in is harmful;<br />
***and concerning distraction<br />
*Homily 20<br />
**On the paths that bring a man nigh to God, which are revealed to him by the sweet works of '''night vigil''';<br />
***and that those who labor in this practice are fed with honey all the days of their life<br />
*Homily 21<br />
**A narration concerning '''saintly men''' and the allholy words I heard from them,<br />
***and on their wondrous way of life<br />
**On an aged elder<br />
**On another elder<br />
**On the question of a certain brother<br />
**On the reproach of a certain brother<br />
*Homily 22<br />
**On the different kinds of '''noetic powers''' of the mind employed in the working of revelations and spiritual visions<br />
**On that which during prayer occurs within stillness<br />
*Homily 23<br />
**On the many different '''kinds of prayer''',<br />
***and the dominion of the mind;<br />
***and to what extent this dominion is empowered to initiate its own movements in the different forms of prayer;<br />
***and what the natural limit of prayer is,<br />
***and to what extent you are empowered to pray therein;<br />
***and that when prayer exceeds this limit, it is no longer prayer, although this activity is called prayer<br />
**On pure prayer<br />
*Homily 24<br />
**On the subject of a '''discourse spoken by true knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 25<br />
**On the things that are bestowed upon a '''brother within his cell'''<br />
*Homily 26<br />
**On the profit that comes to the soul that seeks after '''profound theoria''',<br />
***that she might immerse herself therein away from the carnal thoughts that arise from the recollections of things<br />
*Homily 27<br />
**'''Against''' those who say: '''If God is good, why has He made these things?'''<br />
*Homily 28<br />
**On the vision of the '''nature of incorporeal beings''', in questions and answers<br />
*Homily 29<br />
**On the example and similitude furnished by a divine vision concerning '''the Lord’s Day and the Sabbath'''<br />
*Homily 30<br />
**On different suitable ways of wise guidance for the '''instruction of disciples'''<br />
*Homily 31<br />
**Containing a most necessary and extremely beneficial daily reminder for the man who has chosen to '''sit in his cell and give heed to himself alone'''<br />
*Homily 32<br />
**On the power and evil activity of '''sin''',<br />
***and on what produces it and what causes it to cease<br />
**On the passions<br />
*Homily 33<br />
**That in certain conflicts, '''labor''' is better than being in danger of falling<br />
*Homily 34<br />
**On '''guarding the heart''' and on '''subtler divine vision'''<br />
*Homily 35<br />
**On the signs and workings of the '''love of God'''<br />
*Homily 36<br />
**On the modes of '''virtue'''<br />
*Homily 37<br />
**A discourse on various subjects in questions and answers, on the trustworthy '''way of life''' and every kind of '''virtue'''.<br />
***This discourse will be especially useful for those who have stripped off the world, those who dwell in the desert, those who are recluses, and those who through voluntary mortification look forward to the crown of righteousness<br />
**On fasting and vigil<br />
**On the difference in tears<br />
*Homily 38<br />
**That the body that '''fears temptations''' becomes a friend of sin<br />
*Homily 39<br />
**On the different methods of the '''devil’s warfare''' against those who journey on the narrow way that transcends the world<br />
***On the first method<br />
***On the second method of the devil’s warfare<br />
***On the third method of the enemy’s warfare against strong and courageous men<br />
***On the enemy’s fourth and obdurate warfare<br />
*Homily 40<br />
**On continuous '''fasting''',<br />
***and remaining collected in one place,<br />
***and what are the consequences of this;<br />
***and that by discerning knowledge I have learned the exact use of these things<br />
*Homily 41<br />
**On the '''motions of the body'''<br />
*Homily 42<br />
**On the kinds of different '''temptations''';<br />
***and on how sweet are the temptations that come to pass and are endured for the truth’s sake;<br />
***and on the levels and disciplines through which the sagacious man makes his way<br />
**The trials of the friends of God, that is to say, the humble<br />
**The trials of the enemies of God, that is to say, the proud<br />
**On patience<br />
**On faint-heartedness<br />
*Homily 43<br />
**An explanation of the modes of '''discipline''':<br />
***what is the force of each,<br />
***and what is the difference of each<br />
**On the purification of the body, the soul, and the mind<br />
*Homily 44<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian written to a certain brother possessed of the '''love of stillness''',<br />
***on how the devil contrives to make those who constantly endeavor to practise stillness to desist from their constant stillness by means of the love of a relative or honored men,<br />
***and on how it behooves the hesychast to disdain all things for the sake of the knowledge of God which is to be found in stillness, even as it has been shown in the case of our Fathers of old<br />
*Homily 45<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian to his natural and spiritual brother, who, dwelling in the world and thirsting to see him, exhorted and entreated the saint by letters to come to visit him in inhabited parts<br />
*Homily 46<br />
**Containing profitable subjects replete with the '''wisdom of the Spirit'''<br />
*Homily 47<br />
**On how great are the measures of '''knowledge''' and the measures pertaining to '''faith'''<br />
*Homily 48<br />
**Containing '''counsels''' replete with profit, which he spoke with love to those who listened to him humbly<br />
*Homily 49<br />
**On the '''angelic movement''' that is awakened in us by God’s providence for the soul’s advancement in things spiritual<br />
**On the second activity that works upon man<br />
*Homily 50<br />
**On the varying '''states of light and darkness''' that occur in the '''soul''' at all times,<br />
***and her training in matters of the right and of the left<br />
*Homily 51<br />
**On the harm of '''foolish zeal''' that has the guise of the fear of God,<br />
***and on the help that comes of clemency;<br />
***and on other subjects<br />
**On involuntary evil thoughts that originate from the previous laxity of negligence<br />
*Homily 52<br />
**On the '''three degrees of knowledge''' and the difference of their working and their ways of thinking;<br />
***and on the faith of the soul and the mystic riches concealed in it;<br />
***and on how much the knowledge of this world in its ways and means is opposed to the simplicity of faith<br />
****On the first degree of knowledge<br />
****On the second degree of knowledge<br />
****On the third degree of knowledge, which is the degree of perfection<br />
**A recapitulation of the three degrees of knowledge<br />
*Homily 53<br />
**Short sections on other differences in the '''concepts of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 54<br />
**On the subject of '''prayer''' and the other things which are necessarily required for constant recollection and are profitable in many ways, if a man read them with discretion and observe them<br />
**On the '''solitary life''',<br />
***and that we must not be timorous and afraid, but must make our heart steadfast through trust in God,<br />
***and have courage with unhesitating faith, since we possess God as our Guardian and Protector<br />
*Homily 55<br />
**On how the '''hidden wakefulness''' in the soul is preserved,<br />
***and how '''sleep''' and '''coldness''' steal into the mind and quench the soul’s holy fervor and deaden the Godward desire that yearns for things spiritual and heavenly<br />
*Homily 56<br />
**On '''patience''' for the sake of the love of God,<br />
***and in what manner help is obtained through patience<br />
*Homily 57<br />
**On those who '''live near to God''' and pass all their days in the '''life of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 58<br />
**On the '''many changes that cleave to the mind''' and are tested by prayer<br />
*Homily 59<br />
**On '''love of the world'''<br />
*Homily 60<br />
**That without necessity we should not desire or ask to have '''manifest signs wrought by our hands or unto us'''<br />
*Homily 61<br />
**On the reasons why God permits '''temptations''' to come upon those who love Him<br />
*Homily 62<br />
**On how a man can know the measure in which he stands by the '''thoughts''' that are stirred in him<br />
*Homily 63<br />
**On why men who are unspiritual in their knowledge investigate spiritual things in accord with the '''grossness of their flesh''';<br />
***and on how the mind can be raised above the grossness of the flesh,<br />
***and what is the cause that a man is not liberated from it;<br />
***and on when and by what means the mind can remain without phantasies at the time of entreaty<br />
*Homily 64<br />
**On '''prayer''', '''prostrations''', '''tears''', '''reading''', '''silence''', and '''hymnody'''.<br />
***Excellent admonitions that teach watchfulness and rules for an ascetical way of life,<br />
****that by them a man may acquire for himself a comely rank<br />
**On silence<br />
*Homily 65<br />
**An epistle of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian, sent to his friend,<br />
***wherein he expounds things respecting the '''mysteries of stillness''',<br />
***and how many monks, being ignorant of these things, are negligent in this wonderful activity,<br />
***and that the majority of them hold on to their cells by reason of the tradition current among monks;<br />
***and together with this, a brief collection of sayings useful for the practice of stillness<br />
*Homily 66<br />
**A study and elucidation with examples concerning '''diverse concepts''', and on what use each one of them has<br />
**A selection of short sections<br />
*Homily 67<br />
**On how the discerning monk ought to '''dwell in stillness'''<br />
*Homily 68<br />
**That we can understand the degree of our manner of life from the '''changing states of our mind''',<br />
***and that we should not childishly rely on the great diversity of our labors,<br />
***but as wise men we should recognize the degree of our soul from the secret renewal which we perceive day by day;<br />
**and on the subtle stage of discernment<br />
*Homily 69<br />
**On '''true knowledge''',<br />
***and on '''temptations''',<br />
***and on how one ought to know clearly that not only certain lesser, weak, and untrained men are tempted,<br />
****but also those are tempted who have been accounted worthy of dispassion for a time, who have achieved perfection in their manner of thought,<br />
****and have in part drawn near to the purity that is conjoined with mortification,<br />
****and have been raised above the passions in so far as this is permitted by God while men are in this world,<br />
****under the yoke of life conjoined to the passionate flesh:<br />
*****they have a contest,<br />
*****and are vexed with passions because of the flesh,<br />
*****and in [God’s] mercy they even suffer abandonment on certain occasions because of the danger of pride<br />
*Homily 70<br />
**The concise sense of [the previous] chapter, with the significance of the things that were said;<br />
***and on '''prayer'''<br />
*Homily 71<br />
**On the difference of the '''virtues''', on the end of the entire course,<br />
***and on the greatness of love for mankind which in a spiritual manner perfects all the saints,<br />
***and firmly plants the divine likeness in them through God’s abundant love, which He has poured out upon the race of the sons of men<br />
*Homily 72<br />
**On '''faith''' and '''humility'''<br />
*Homily 73<br />
**On the benefit to be had from '''fleeing from the world'''<br />
*Homily 74<br />
**On the means whereby a man can acquire a change of his hidden thoughts with a '''change of his external discipline'''<br />
*Homily 75<br />
**On '''night vigil''' and the various ways of its observance;<br />
***and that we must not make the aim of our labors the fulfillment of a definite quantity of prayers, but rather with freedom and discernment we should be like children of God with their Father, laboring with the eagerness proper to love;<br />
***and on how the work of vigil is more venerable than all other disciplines;<br />
***and on what things are sought by those who choose this work;<br />
***and on how men should perform night vigil;<br />
***and on the gifts that these men are granted from God,<br />
***and the conflicts and battles waged against them by the ruler of this world<br />
*Homily 76<br />
**An answer that Saint Isaac made to a brother who asked him, ‘Why is it that, although our Lord defined mercy as likeness to the majesty of the Heavenly Father, solitaries honor '''stillness above mercy'''?’<br />
***And a defense concerning this;<br />
***and that it is not right to neglect the afflicted and the sick when they are near<br />
*Homily 77<br />
**On how much honor '''humility''' obtains,<br />
***and how very lofty is its rank<br />
<br />
===Appendices===<br />
*Appendix A: Additional Homilies by Saint Isaac the Syrian, From the Syriac Printed Text<br />
**I: On the different kinds of revelations and [divine] workings given to the saints in '''images and likenesses'''<br />
**II: On the '''gloomy darkness''' that befalls those who pursue the life of knowledge in stillness<br />
**III: On [divine] '''overshadowing'''<br />
**IV: On how it is right for '''a man’s life to be set apart''' [from the world]<br />
**V: On the workings of '''grace'''<br />
**VI: On '''hidden states''', and the powers and operations therein<br />
**VII: '''Brief subjects'''<br />
*Appendix B: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Egypt: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Alexandria, On the Christian Discipline<br />
*Appendix C: Glossary<br />
*Appendix D: Table of Homily Equivalences<br />
*Index of Subjects<br />
*Index of Scriptural Passages<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
Outline of Part 3:<ref>{{cite book | last=Hansbury | first=Mary T. | title=Isaac the Syrian's Spiritual Works | publisher=Gorgias Press | publication-place=Piscataway, N.J. | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-4632-0593-5}}</ref><br />
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*Homily 1<br />
**Discourse on the '''solitary life''' and on the figure of the future realities which are depicted in it by those who hold to it truly;<br />
**and on the comparison <found> there with the way of life after the resurrection.<br />
*Homily 2<br />
**Concerning the order of the '''body when we are alone''', and concerning the modesty of the exterior parts of the body.<br />
*Homily 3<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On '''prayer''': how it binds our mind to God and causes it to cleave to the meditation in it;<br />
**and how by means of the excellent stirrings which are in it the mind is strong against the love for this world from which <come> the passions.<br />
*Homily 4<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**Second discourse on '''prayer''': what is the exact prayer which happens according to the perfection of the mind.<br />
*Homily 5<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On the '''creation''' and on '''God'''.<br />
*Homily 6<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**The purpose of exhortation in agreement with the foregoing <account>: concerning the sweetness of '''divine judgment''' and the intention of His '''providence'''.<br />
*Homily 7<br />
**By the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**'''Prayer''' impelled by the insights of the things which were said.<br />
**For there is in <prayer> a great signification, from time to time at prayer one turns to contemplate it, then again turns back to prayer.<br />
**And in the noble passion of the mind, one offers amazing stirrings for the sake of all these great things which are ours.<br />
*Homily 8<br />
**Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On how the '''saints''' are set apart and sanctified by the inhabiting of the Holy Spirit.<br />
*Homily 9<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**A synthesis of all kinds of labor concerning the part of the '''mind''': what power and action belong to each one of them.<br />
*Homily 10<br />
**Converse of '''prayer of the solitaries''', composed with metrical speech and according to the limits of insight.<br />
**Words which seize the heart and restrain from the distraction of earthly things.<br />
**<Words> composed for the consolation of solitaries with which they converse at night, after the time of the office, that their body might be relieved of sleep.<br />
*Homily 11<br />
**Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**Concerning that: “'''you have been raised with Christ''',” as said by the divine Apostle;<br />
**and concerning this divine sacrifice which the holy Church accomplishes for the living and the dead for the sake of the hope of what is to come:<br />
**what is effected by this sacrifice and in a special way for a believing lay person because of the firmness of his hope.<br />
*Homily 12<br />
**Again, a letter of exhortation by Mar Isaac concerning <how> '''solitary life''' can be affected <when lived> in the midst of others, which was sent to a monk who desired to be assured about this.<br />
**The monk had written him concerning his thoughts, asking if there was in them any blame from God.<br />
**<Isaac> exhorts to surrender oneself to the afflictions of this life, with a prompt intelligence which examines God’s hidden reasons.<br />
*Homily 13<br />
**Again, a letter on the '''abodes''' in which holy men enter by the stirrings existing in the mind, in the journey on the way to the house of God.<br />
*Homily 16<br />
**Of the same.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
*Isaac the Syrian. 2011. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian'' (revised second edition). Brookline, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery. ISBN 9780943405162.<br />
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'''''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian'''''<br />
<br />
==Part 1==<br />
Table of contents<ref>[https://www.htmp.org/St-Isaac-Ascetical-Homilies/Resources/AsceticalHomiliesTableofContents1.pdf Table of contents]. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian''.</ref><br />
<br />
===Front matter===<br />
*Foreword<br />
*Encomium:<br />
**An Offering of Praise to Saint Abba Isaac the Syrian,<br />
***Inadequate for the Sublimity of its Subject,<br />
***but Written With Much Love,<br />
**by Photios Kontoglou<br />
*Translator’s introduction: A Historical Account of the Life and Writings of Saint Isaac the Syrian<br />
<br />
===Homilies===<br />
*Homily 1<br />
**On '''renunciation''' and the '''monastic life'''<br />
*Homily 2<br />
**On '''thankfulness to God''', in which there are also essential elementary lessons<br />
*Homily 3<br />
**That without toil the soul enters into '''understanding of the wisdom of God''' and of His creatures,<br />
***if she becomes still to the world and the cares of life;<br />
***for then she can come to know her nature and what treasures she has hidden within herself<br />
**On the soul, the passions, and the purity of the mind in questions and answers<br />
**On the senses,<br />
***and on temptations also<br />
**On our Master’s tender compassion, whereby from the height of His majesty He has condescended to men’s weakness;<br />
***and on temptations<br />
*Homily 4<br />
**On the '''love of God''' and '''renunciation and the rest''' which is in God<br />
*Homily 5<br />
**On keeping oneself '''remote from the world''' and from all things that disquiet the mind<br />
*Homily 6<br />
**That to our profit God has '''permitted the soul to be susceptible to accidents''';<br />
***and on '''ascetical activities'''<br />
*Homily 7<br />
**On the '''kinds of hope''' in God;<br />
***and for whom it is right to put his hope in God,<br />
***and who it is that entertains such hope foolishly and imprudently<br />
*Homily 8<br />
**On what helps a man to '''approach God''' in his heart,<br />
***and what is the real cause that secretly brings help near him;<br />
***and again, what is the cause that leads a man to humility<br />
*Homily 9<br />
**On '''sins''' voluntary and involuntary,<br />
***and on those which are committed because of some accidental circumstance<br />
*Homily 10<br />
**On the words of the '''divine writings''' which urge men to '''repentance''',<br />
***and that they were said with a view to men’s weakness,<br />
***lest they perish from the living God,<br />
***but that one must not employ them as an excuse for sinning<br />
*Homily 11<br />
**On how the '''beauty of monastic life''' is preserved<br />
***and on how it can be a means for God to be glorified<br />
*Homily 12<br />
**That the servant of God who has '''stripped himself of the things of the world''',<br />
***and is come forth in quest of Him, must never, because he has not attained to a sure apprehension of the truth, cease from his quest for fear of this,<br />
***and grow cold in that ardor which is born of love for things divine and of searching out their mysteries;<br />
***and on how the mind is confounded by the memory of the passions<br />
*Homily 13<br />
**On the alteration and change that takes place in those who are making their way on the '''path of stillness''', which has been laid out by God;<br />
***for sometimes melancholy and suffocation of soul occur,<br />
***sometimes sudden joy and unaccustomed fervor.<br />
***Glory be to Him Who orders our paths aright! Amen<br />
*Homily 14<br />
**Concerning '''hesychasts''':<br />
***on when they begin to understand what place they have attained with their labors in the boundless sea that is the life of stillness;<br />
***and on when they can have a little hope that their toils have begun to yield them fruit<br />
*Homily 15<br />
**On guarding and keeping oneself from '''lax and negligent men''',<br />
***and on how, by drawing near to them, heedlessness and laxity rule over a man and he is filled with every passion.<br />
**And on guarding oneself from proximity to youths, lest the mind be defiled by licentious thoughts<br />
*Homily 16<br />
**On '''renouncing the world''' and refraining from familiarity with men<br />
*Homily 17<br />
**On a '''rule for beginners''' and their state and the matters that pertain to them<br />
*Homily 18<br />
**On the successive '''stages of the monastic life''', briefly and distinctly noted;<br />
***and how and in what way its virtues are born from each other<br />
*Homily 19<br />
**That '''abstention from cares''' is profitable for hesychasts;<br />
***and that going out and coming in is harmful;<br />
***and concerning distraction<br />
*Homily 20<br />
**On the paths that bring a man nigh to God, which are revealed to him by the sweet works of '''night vigil''';<br />
***and that those who labor in this practice are fed with honey all the days of their life<br />
*Homily 21<br />
**A narration concerning '''saintly men''' and the allholy words I heard from them,<br />
***and on their wondrous way of life<br />
**On an aged elder<br />
**On another elder<br />
**On the question of a certain brother<br />
**On the reproach of a certain brother<br />
*Homily 22<br />
**On the different kinds of '''noetic powers''' of the mind employed in the working of revelations and spiritual visions<br />
**On that which during prayer occurs within stillness<br />
*Homily 23<br />
**On the many different '''kinds of prayer''',<br />
***and the dominion of the mind;<br />
***and to what extent this dominion is empowered to initiate its own movements in the different forms of prayer;<br />
***and what the natural limit of prayer is,<br />
***and to what extent you are empowered to pray therein;<br />
***and that when prayer exceeds this limit, it is no longer prayer, although this activity is called prayer<br />
**On pure prayer<br />
*Homily 24<br />
**On the subject of a '''discourse spoken by true knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 25<br />
**On the things that are bestowed upon a '''brother within his cell'''<br />
*Homily 26<br />
**On the profit that comes to the soul that seeks after '''profound theoria''',<br />
***that she might immerse herself therein away from the carnal thoughts that arise from the recollections of things<br />
*Homily 27<br />
**'''Against''' those who say: '''If God is good, why has He made these things?'''<br />
*Homily 28<br />
**On the vision of the '''nature of incorporeal beings''', in questions and answers<br />
*Homily 29<br />
**On the example and similitude furnished by a divine vision concerning '''the Lord’s Day and the Sabbath'''<br />
*Homily 30<br />
**On different suitable ways of wise guidance for the '''instruction of disciples'''<br />
*Homily 31<br />
**Containing a most necessary and extremely beneficial daily reminder for the man who has chosen to '''sit in his cell and give heed to himself alone'''<br />
*Homily 32<br />
**On the power and evil activity of '''sin''',<br />
***and on what produces it and what causes it to cease<br />
**On the passions<br />
*Homily 33<br />
**That in certain conflicts, '''labor''' is better than being in danger of falling<br />
*Homily 34<br />
**On '''guarding the heart''' and on '''subtler divine vision'''<br />
*Homily 35<br />
**On the signs and workings of the '''love of God'''<br />
*Homily 36<br />
**On the modes of '''virtue'''<br />
*Homily 37<br />
**A discourse on various subjects in questions and answers, on the trustworthy '''way of life''' and every kind of '''virtue'''.<br />
***This discourse will be especially useful for those who have stripped off the world, those who dwell in the desert, those who are recluses, and those who through voluntary mortification look forward to the crown of righteousness<br />
**On fasting and vigil<br />
**On the difference in tears<br />
*Homily 38<br />
**That the body that '''fears temptations''' becomes a friend of sin<br />
*Homily 39<br />
**On the different methods of the '''devil’s warfare''' against those who journey on the narrow way that transcends the world<br />
***On the first method<br />
***On the second method of the devil’s warfare<br />
***On the third method of the enemy’s warfare against strong and courageous men<br />
***On the enemy’s fourth and obdurate warfare<br />
*Homily 40<br />
**On continuous '''fasting''',<br />
***and remaining collected in one place,<br />
***and what are the consequences of this;<br />
***and that by discerning knowledge I have learned the exact use of these things<br />
*Homily 41<br />
**On the '''motions of the body'''<br />
*Homily 42<br />
**On the kinds of different '''temptations''';<br />
***and on how sweet are the temptations that come to pass and are endured for the truth’s sake;<br />
***and on the levels and disciplines through which the sagacious man makes his way<br />
**The trials of the friends of God, that is to say, the humble<br />
**The trials of the enemies of God, that is to say, the proud<br />
**On patience<br />
**On faint-heartedness<br />
*Homily 43<br />
**An explanation of the modes of '''discipline''':<br />
***what is the force of each,<br />
***and what is the difference of each<br />
**On the purification of the body, the soul, and the mind<br />
*Homily 44<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian written to a certain brother possessed of the '''love of stillness''',<br />
***on how the devil contrives to make those who constantly endeavor to practise stillness to desist from their constant stillness by means of the love of a relative or honored men,<br />
***and on how it behooves the hesychast to disdain all things for the sake of the knowledge of God which is to be found in stillness, even as it has been shown in the case of our Fathers of old<br />
*Homily 45<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian to his natural and spiritual brother, who, dwelling in the world and thirsting to see him, exhorted and entreated the saint by letters to come to visit him in inhabited parts<br />
*Homily 46<br />
**Containing profitable subjects replete with the '''wisdom of the Spirit'''<br />
*Homily 47<br />
**On how great are the measures of '''knowledge''' and the measures pertaining to '''faith'''<br />
*Homily 48<br />
**Containing '''counsels''' replete with profit, which he spoke with love to those who listened to him humbly<br />
*Homily 49<br />
**On the '''angelic movement''' that is awakened in us by God’s providence for the soul’s advancement in things spiritual<br />
**On the second activity that works upon man<br />
*Homily 50<br />
**On the varying '''states of light and darkness''' that occur in the '''soul''' at all times,<br />
***and her training in matters of the right and of the left<br />
*Homily 51<br />
**On the harm of '''foolish zeal''' that has the guise of the fear of God,<br />
***and on the help that comes of clemency;<br />
***and on other subjects<br />
**On involuntary evil thoughts that originate from the previous laxity of negligence<br />
*Homily 52<br />
**On the '''three degrees of knowledge''' and the difference of their working and their ways of thinking;<br />
***and on the faith of the soul and the mystic riches concealed in it;<br />
***and on how much the knowledge of this world in its ways and means is opposed to the simplicity of faith<br />
****On the first degree of knowledge<br />
****On the second degree of knowledge<br />
****On the third degree of knowledge, which is the degree of perfection<br />
**A recapitulation of the three degrees of knowledge<br />
*Homily 53<br />
**Short sections on other differences in the '''concepts of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 54<br />
**On the subject of '''prayer''' and the other things which are necessarily required for constant recollection and are profitable in many ways, if a man read them with discretion and observe them<br />
**On the '''solitary life''',<br />
***and that we must not be timorous and afraid, but must make our heart steadfast through trust in God,<br />
***and have courage with unhesitating faith, since we possess God as our Guardian and Protector<br />
*Homily 55<br />
**On how the '''hidden wakefulness''' in the soul is preserved,<br />
***and how '''sleep''' and '''coldness''' steal into the mind and quench the soul’s holy fervor and deaden the Godward desire that yearns for things spiritual and heavenly<br />
*Homily 56<br />
**On '''patience''' for the sake of the love of God,<br />
***and in what manner help is obtained through patience<br />
*Homily 57<br />
**On those who '''live near to God''' and pass all their days in the '''life of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 58<br />
**On the '''many changes that cleave to the mind''' and are tested by prayer<br />
*Homily 59<br />
**On '''love of the world'''<br />
*Homily 60<br />
**That without necessity we should not desire or ask to have '''manifest signs wrought by our hands or unto us'''<br />
*Homily 61<br />
**On the reasons why God permits '''temptations''' to come upon those who love Him<br />
*Homily 62<br />
**On how a man can know the measure in which he stands by the '''thoughts''' that are stirred in him<br />
*Homily 63<br />
**On why men who are unspiritual in their knowledge investigate spiritual things in accord with the '''grossness of their flesh''';<br />
***and on how the mind can be raised above the grossness of the flesh,<br />
***and what is the cause that a man is not liberated from it;<br />
***and on when and by what means the mind can remain without phantasies at the time of entreaty<br />
*Homily 64<br />
**On '''prayer''', '''prostrations''', '''tears''', '''reading''', '''silence''', and '''hymnody'''.<br />
***Excellent admonitions that teach watchfulness and rules for an ascetical way of life,<br />
****that by them a man may acquire for himself a comely rank<br />
**On silence<br />
*Homily 65<br />
**An epistle of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian, sent to his friend,<br />
***wherein he expounds things respecting the '''mysteries of stillness''',<br />
***and how many monks, being ignorant of these things, are negligent in this wonderful activity,<br />
***and that the majority of them hold on to their cells by reason of the tradition current among monks;<br />
***and together with this, a brief collection of sayings useful for the practice of stillness<br />
*Homily 66<br />
**A study and elucidation with examples concerning '''diverse concepts''', and on what use each one of them has<br />
**A selection of short sections<br />
*Homily 67<br />
**On how the discerning monk ought to '''dwell in stillness'''<br />
*Homily 68<br />
**That we can understand the degree of our manner of life from the '''changing states of our mind''',<br />
***and that we should not childishly rely on the great diversity of our labors,<br />
***but as wise men we should recognize the degree of our soul from the secret renewal which we perceive day by day;<br />
**and on the subtle stage of discernment<br />
*Homily 69<br />
**On '''true knowledge''',<br />
***and on '''temptations''',<br />
***and on how one ought to know clearly that not only certain lesser, weak, and untrained men are tempted,<br />
****but also those are tempted who have been accounted worthy of dispassion for a time, who have achieved perfection in their manner of thought,<br />
****and have in part drawn near to the purity that is conjoined with mortification,<br />
****and have been raised above the passions in so far as this is permitted by God while men are in this world,<br />
****under the yoke of life conjoined to the passionate flesh:<br />
*****they have a contest,<br />
*****and are vexed with passions because of the flesh,<br />
*****and in [God’s] mercy they even suffer abandonment on certain occasions because of the danger of pride<br />
*Homily 70<br />
**The concise sense of [the previous] chapter, with the significance of the things that were said;<br />
***and on '''prayer'''<br />
*Homily 71<br />
**On the difference of the '''virtues''', on the end of the entire course,<br />
***and on the greatness of love for mankind which in a spiritual manner perfects all the saints,<br />
***and firmly plants the divine likeness in them through God’s abundant love, which He has poured out upon the race of the sons of men<br />
*Homily 72<br />
**On '''faith''' and '''humility'''<br />
*Homily 73<br />
**On the benefit to be had from '''fleeing from the world'''<br />
*Homily 74<br />
**On the means whereby a man can acquire a change of his hidden thoughts with a '''change of his external discipline'''<br />
*Homily 75<br />
**On '''night vigil''' and the various ways of its observance;<br />
***and that we must not make the aim of our labors the fulfillment of a definite quantity of prayers, but rather with freedom and discernment we should be like children of God with their Father, laboring with the eagerness proper to love;<br />
***and on how the work of vigil is more venerable than all other disciplines;<br />
***and on what things are sought by those who choose this work;<br />
***and on how men should perform night vigil;<br />
***and on the gifts that these men are granted from God,<br />
***and the conflicts and battles waged against them by the ruler of this world<br />
*Homily 76<br />
**An answer that Saint Isaac made to a brother who asked him, ‘Why is it that, although our Lord defined mercy as likeness to the majesty of the Heavenly Father, solitaries honor '''stillness above mercy'''?’<br />
***And a defense concerning this;<br />
***and that it is not right to neglect the afflicted and the sick when they are near<br />
*Homily 77<br />
**On how much honor '''humility''' obtains,<br />
***and how very lofty is its rank<br />
<br />
===Appendices===<br />
*Appendix A: Additional Homilies by Saint Isaac the Syrian, From the Syriac Printed Text<br />
**I: On the different kinds of revelations and [divine] workings given to the saints in '''images and likenesses'''<br />
**II: On the '''gloomy darkness''' that befalls those who pursue the life of knowledge in stillness<br />
**III: On [divine] '''overshadowing'''<br />
**IV: On how it is right for '''a man’s life to be set apart''' [from the world]<br />
**V: On the workings of '''grace'''<br />
**VI: On '''hidden states''', and the powers and operations therein<br />
**VII: '''Brief subjects'''<br />
*Appendix B: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Egypt: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Alexandria, On the Christian Discipline<br />
*Appendix C: Glossary<br />
*Appendix D: Table of Homily Equivalences<br />
*Index of Subjects<br />
*Index of Scriptural Passages<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
Outline of Part 3:<ref>{{cite book | last=Hansbury | first=Mary T. | title=Isaac the Syrian's Spiritual Works | publisher=Gorgias Press | publication-place=Piscataway, N.J. | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-4632-0593-5}}</ref><br />
<br />
*Homily 1<br />
**Discourse on the solitary life and on the figure of the future realities which are depicted in it by those who hold to it truly;<br />
**and on the comparison <found> there with the way of life after the resurrection.<br />
*Homily 2<br />
**Concerning the order of the body when we are alone, and concerning the modesty of the exterior parts of the body.<br />
*Homily 3<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On prayer: how it binds our mind to God and causes it to cleave to the meditation in it;<br />
**and how by means of the excellent stirrings which are in it the mind is strong against the love for this world from which <come> the passions.<br />
*Homily 4<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**Second discourse on prayer: what is the exact prayer which happens according to the perfection of the mind.<br />
*Homily 5<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On the creation and on God.<br />
*Homily 6<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**The purpose of exhortation in agreement with the foregoing <account>: concerning the sweetness of divine judgment and the intention of His providence.<br />
*Homily 7<br />
**By the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**Prayer impelled by the insights of the things which were said.<br />
**For there is in <prayer> a great signification, from time to time at prayer one turns to contemplate it, then again turns back to prayer.<br />
**And in the noble passion of the mind, one offers amazing stirrings for the sake of all these great things which are ours.<br />
*Homily 8<br />
**Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**On how the saints are set apart and sanctified by the inhabiting of the Holy Spirit.<br />
*Homily 9<br />
**Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**A synthesis of all kinds of labor concerning the part of the mind: what power and action belong to each one of them.<br />
*Homily 10<br />
**Converse of prayer of the solitaries, composed with metrical speech and according to the limits of insight.<br />
**Words which seize the heart and restrain from the distraction of earthly things.<br />
**<Words> composed for the consolation of solitaries with which they converse at night, after the time of the office, that their body might be relieved of sleep.<br />
*Homily 11<br />
**Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
**Concerning that: “you have been raised with Christ,” as said by the divine Apostle;<br />
**and concerning this divine sacrifice which the holy Church accomplishes for the living and the dead for the sake of the hope of what is to come:<br />
**what is effected by this sacrifice and in a special way for a believing lay person because of the firmness of his hope.<br />
*Homily 12<br />
**Again, a letter of exhortation by Mar Isaac concerning <how> solitary life can be affected <when lived> in the midst of others, which was sent to a monk who desired to be assured about this.<br />
**The monk had written him concerning his thoughts, asking if there was in them any blame from God.<br />
**<Isaac> exhorts to surrender oneself to the afflictions of this life, with a prompt intelligence which examines God’s hidden reasons.<br />
*Homily 13<br />
**Again, a letter on the abodes in which holy men enter by the stirrings existing in the mind, in the journey on the way to the house of God.<br />
*Homily 16<br />
**Of the same.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
*Isaac the Syrian. 2011. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian'' (revised second edition). Brookline, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery. ISBN 9780943405162.<br />
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'''''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian'''''<br />
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==Part 1==<br />
Table of contents<ref>[https://www.htmp.org/St-Isaac-Ascetical-Homilies/Resources/AsceticalHomiliesTableofContents1.pdf Table of contents]. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian''.</ref><br />
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===Front matter===<br />
*Foreword<br />
*Encomium:<br />
**An Offering of Praise to Saint Abba Isaac the Syrian,<br />
***Inadequate for the Sublimity of its Subject,<br />
***but Written With Much Love,<br />
**by Photios Kontoglou<br />
*Translator’s introduction: A Historical Account of the Life and Writings of Saint Isaac the Syrian<br />
<br />
===Homilies===<br />
*Homily 1<br />
**On '''renunciation''' and the '''monastic life'''<br />
*Homily 2<br />
**On '''thankfulness to God''', in which there are also essential elementary lessons<br />
*Homily 3<br />
**That without toil the soul enters into '''understanding of the wisdom of God''' and of His creatures,<br />
***if she becomes still to the world and the cares of life;<br />
***for then she can come to know her nature and what treasures she has hidden within herself<br />
**On the soul, the passions, and the purity of the mind in questions and answers<br />
**On the senses,<br />
***and on temptations also<br />
**On our Master’s tender compassion, whereby from the height of His majesty He has condescended to men’s weakness;<br />
***and on temptations<br />
*Homily 4<br />
**On the '''love of God''' and '''renunciation and the rest''' which is in God<br />
*Homily 5<br />
**On keeping oneself '''remote from the world''' and from all things that disquiet the mind<br />
*Homily 6<br />
**That to our profit God has '''permitted the soul to be susceptible to accidents''';<br />
***and on '''ascetical activities'''<br />
*Homily 7<br />
**On the '''kinds of hope''' in God;<br />
***and for whom it is right to put his hope in God,<br />
***and who it is that entertains such hope foolishly and imprudently<br />
*Homily 8<br />
**On what helps a man to '''approach God''' in his heart,<br />
***and what is the real cause that secretly brings help near him;<br />
***and again, what is the cause that leads a man to humility<br />
*Homily 9<br />
**On '''sins''' voluntary and involuntary,<br />
***and on those which are committed because of some accidental circumstance<br />
*Homily 10<br />
**On the words of the '''divine writings''' which urge men to '''repentance''',<br />
***and that they were said with a view to men’s weakness,<br />
***lest they perish from the living God,<br />
***but that one must not employ them as an excuse for sinning<br />
*Homily 11<br />
**On how the '''beauty of monastic life''' is preserved<br />
***and on how it can be a means for God to be glorified<br />
*Homily 12<br />
**That the servant of God who has '''stripped himself of the things of the world''',<br />
***and is come forth in quest of Him, must never, because he has not attained to a sure apprehension of the truth, cease from his quest for fear of this,<br />
***and grow cold in that ardor which is born of love for things divine and of searching out their mysteries;<br />
***and on how the mind is confounded by the memory of the passions<br />
*Homily 13<br />
**On the alteration and change that takes place in those who are making their way on the '''path of stillness''', which has been laid out by God;<br />
***for sometimes melancholy and suffocation of soul occur,<br />
***sometimes sudden joy and unaccustomed fervor.<br />
***Glory be to Him Who orders our paths aright! Amen<br />
*Homily 14<br />
**Concerning '''hesychasts''':<br />
***on when they begin to understand what place they have attained with their labors in the boundless sea that is the life of stillness;<br />
***and on when they can have a little hope that their toils have begun to yield them fruit<br />
*Homily 15<br />
**On guarding and keeping oneself from '''lax and negligent men''',<br />
***and on how, by drawing near to them, heedlessness and laxity rule over a man and he is filled with every passion.<br />
**And on guarding oneself from proximity to youths, lest the mind be defiled by licentious thoughts<br />
*Homily 16<br />
**On '''renouncing the world''' and refraining from familiarity with men<br />
*Homily 17<br />
**On a '''rule for beginners''' and their state and the matters that pertain to them<br />
*Homily 18<br />
**On the successive '''stages of the monastic life''', briefly and distinctly noted;<br />
***and how and in what way its virtues are born from each other<br />
*Homily 19<br />
**That '''abstention from cares''' is profitable for hesychasts;<br />
***and that going out and coming in is harmful;<br />
***and concerning distraction<br />
*Homily 20<br />
**On the paths that bring a man nigh to God, which are revealed to him by the sweet works of '''night vigil''';<br />
***and that those who labor in this practice are fed with honey all the days of their life<br />
*Homily 21<br />
**A narration concerning '''saintly men''' and the allholy words I heard from them,<br />
***and on their wondrous way of life<br />
**On an aged elder<br />
**On another elder<br />
**On the question of a certain brother<br />
**On the reproach of a certain brother<br />
*Homily 22<br />
**On the different kinds of '''noetic powers''' of the mind employed in the working of revelations and spiritual visions<br />
**On that which during prayer occurs within stillness<br />
*Homily 23<br />
**On the many different '''kinds of prayer''',<br />
***and the dominion of the mind;<br />
***and to what extent this dominion is empowered to initiate its own movements in the different forms of prayer;<br />
***and what the natural limit of prayer is,<br />
***and to what extent you are empowered to pray therein;<br />
***and that when prayer exceeds this limit, it is no longer prayer, although this activity is called prayer<br />
**On pure prayer<br />
*Homily 24<br />
**On the subject of a '''discourse spoken by true knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 25<br />
**On the things that are bestowed upon a '''brother within his cell'''<br />
*Homily 26<br />
**On the profit that comes to the soul that seeks after '''profound theoria''',<br />
***that she might immerse herself therein away from the carnal thoughts that arise from the recollections of things<br />
*Homily 27<br />
**'''Against''' those who say: '''If God is good, why has He made these things?'''<br />
*Homily 28<br />
**On the vision of the '''nature of incorporeal beings''', in questions and answers<br />
*Homily 29<br />
**On the example and similitude furnished by a divine vision concerning '''the Lord’s Day and the Sabbath'''<br />
*Homily 30<br />
**On different suitable ways of wise guidance for the '''instruction of disciples'''<br />
*Homily 31<br />
**Containing a most necessary and extremely beneficial daily reminder for the man who has chosen to '''sit in his cell and give heed to himself alone'''<br />
*Homily 32<br />
**On the power and evil activity of '''sin''',<br />
***and on what produces it and what causes it to cease<br />
**On the passions<br />
*Homily 33<br />
**That in certain conflicts, '''labor''' is better than being in danger of falling<br />
*Homily 34<br />
**On '''guarding the heart''' and on '''subtler divine vision'''<br />
*Homily 35<br />
**On the signs and workings of the '''love of God'''<br />
*Homily 36<br />
**On the modes of '''virtue'''<br />
*Homily 37<br />
**A discourse on various subjects in questions and answers, on the trustworthy '''way of life''' and every kind of '''virtue'''.<br />
***This discourse will be especially useful for those who have stripped off the world, those who dwell in the desert, those who are recluses, and those who through voluntary mortification look forward to the crown of righteousness<br />
**On fasting and vigil<br />
**On the difference in tears<br />
*Homily 38<br />
**That the body that '''fears temptations''' becomes a friend of sin<br />
*Homily 39<br />
**On the different methods of the '''devil’s warfare''' against those who journey on the narrow way that transcends the world<br />
***On the first method<br />
***On the second method of the devil’s warfare<br />
***On the third method of the enemy’s warfare against strong and courageous men<br />
***On the enemy’s fourth and obdurate warfare<br />
*Homily 40<br />
**On continuous '''fasting''',<br />
***and remaining collected in one place,<br />
***and what are the consequences of this;<br />
***and that by discerning knowledge I have learned the exact use of these things<br />
*Homily 41<br />
**On the '''motions of the body'''<br />
*Homily 42<br />
**On the kinds of different '''temptations''';<br />
***and on how sweet are the temptations that come to pass and are endured for the truth’s sake;<br />
***and on the levels and disciplines through which the sagacious man makes his way<br />
**The trials of the friends of God, that is to say, the humble<br />
**The trials of the enemies of God, that is to say, the proud<br />
**On patience<br />
**On faint-heartedness<br />
*Homily 43<br />
**An explanation of the modes of '''discipline''':<br />
***what is the force of each,<br />
***and what is the difference of each<br />
**On the purification of the body, the soul, and the mind<br />
*Homily 44<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian written to a certain brother possessed of the '''love of stillness''',<br />
***on how the devil contrives to make those who constantly endeavor to practise stillness to desist from their constant stillness by means of the love of a relative or honored men,<br />
***and on how it behooves the hesychast to disdain all things for the sake of the knowledge of God which is to be found in stillness, even as it has been shown in the case of our Fathers of old<br />
*Homily 45<br />
**An '''epistle''' of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian to his natural and spiritual brother, who, dwelling in the world and thirsting to see him, exhorted and entreated the saint by letters to come to visit him in inhabited parts<br />
*Homily 46<br />
**Containing profitable subjects replete with the '''wisdom of the Spirit'''<br />
*Homily 47<br />
**On how great are the measures of '''knowledge''' and the measures pertaining to '''faith'''<br />
*Homily 48<br />
**Containing '''counsels''' replete with profit, which he spoke with love to those who listened to him humbly<br />
*Homily 49<br />
**On the '''angelic movement''' that is awakened in us by God’s providence for the soul’s advancement in things spiritual<br />
**On the second activity that works upon man<br />
*Homily 50<br />
**On the varying '''states of light and darkness''' that occur in the '''soul''' at all times,<br />
***and her training in matters of the right and of the left<br />
*Homily 51<br />
**On the harm of '''foolish zeal''' that has the guise of the fear of God,<br />
***and on the help that comes of clemency;<br />
***and on other subjects<br />
**On involuntary evil thoughts that originate from the previous laxity of negligence<br />
*Homily 52<br />
**On the '''three degrees of knowledge''' and the difference of their working and their ways of thinking;<br />
***and on the faith of the soul and the mystic riches concealed in it;<br />
***and on how much the knowledge of this world in its ways and means is opposed to the simplicity of faith<br />
****On the first degree of knowledge<br />
****On the second degree of knowledge<br />
****On the third degree of knowledge, which is the degree of perfection<br />
**A recapitulation of the three degrees of knowledge<br />
*Homily 53<br />
**Short sections on other differences in the '''concepts of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 54<br />
**On the subject of '''prayer''' and the other things which are necessarily required for constant recollection and are profitable in many ways, if a man read them with discretion and observe them<br />
**On the '''solitary life''',<br />
***and that we must not be timorous and afraid, but must make our heart steadfast through trust in God,<br />
***and have courage with unhesitating faith, since we possess God as our Guardian and Protector<br />
*Homily 55<br />
**On how the '''hidden wakefulness''' in the soul is preserved,<br />
***and how '''sleep''' and '''coldness''' steal into the mind and quench the soul’s holy fervor and deaden the Godward desire that yearns for things spiritual and heavenly<br />
*Homily 56<br />
**On '''patience''' for the sake of the love of God,<br />
***and in what manner help is obtained through patience<br />
*Homily 57<br />
**On those who '''live near to God''' and pass all their days in the '''life of knowledge'''<br />
*Homily 58<br />
**On the '''many changes that cleave to the mind''' and are tested by prayer<br />
*Homily 59<br />
**On '''love of the world'''<br />
*Homily 60<br />
**That without necessity we should not desire or ask to have '''manifest signs wrought by our hands or unto us'''<br />
*Homily 61<br />
**On the reasons why God permits '''temptations''' to come upon those who love Him<br />
*Homily 62<br />
**On how a man can know the measure in which he stands by the '''thoughts''' that are stirred in him<br />
*Homily 63<br />
**On why men who are unspiritual in their knowledge investigate spiritual things in accord with the '''grossness of their flesh''';<br />
***and on how the mind can be raised above the grossness of the flesh,<br />
***and what is the cause that a man is not liberated from it;<br />
***and on when and by what means the mind can remain without phantasies at the time of entreaty<br />
*Homily 64<br />
**On '''prayer''', '''prostrations''', '''tears''', '''reading''', '''silence''', and '''hymnody'''.<br />
***Excellent admonitions that teach watchfulness and rules for an ascetical way of life,<br />
****that by them a man may acquire for himself a comely rank<br />
**On silence<br />
*Homily 65<br />
**An epistle of our Father among the Saints Isaac the Syrian, sent to his friend,<br />
***wherein he expounds things respecting the '''mysteries of stillness''',<br />
***and how many monks, being ignorant of these things, are negligent in this wonderful activity,<br />
***and that the majority of them hold on to their cells by reason of the tradition current among monks;<br />
***and together with this, a brief collection of sayings useful for the practice of stillness<br />
*Homily 66<br />
**A study and elucidation with examples concerning '''diverse concepts''', and on what use each one of them has<br />
**A selection of short sections<br />
*Homily 67<br />
**On how the discerning monk ought to '''dwell in stillness'''<br />
*Homily 68<br />
**That we can understand the degree of our manner of life from the '''changing states of our mind''',<br />
***and that we should not childishly rely on the great diversity of our labors,<br />
***but as wise men we should recognize the degree of our soul from the secret renewal which we perceive day by day;<br />
**and on the subtle stage of discernment<br />
*Homily 69<br />
**On '''true knowledge''',<br />
***and on '''temptations''',<br />
***and on how one ought to know clearly that not only certain lesser, weak, and untrained men are tempted,<br />
****but also those are tempted who have been accounted worthy of dispassion for a time, who have achieved perfection in their manner of thought,<br />
****and have in part drawn near to the purity that is conjoined with mortification,<br />
****and have been raised above the passions in so far as this is permitted by God while men are in this world,<br />
****under the yoke of life conjoined to the passionate flesh:<br />
*****they have a contest,<br />
*****and are vexed with passions because of the flesh,<br />
*****and in [God’s] mercy they even suffer abandonment on certain occasions because of the danger of pride<br />
*Homily 70<br />
**The concise sense of [the previous] chapter, with the significance of the things that were said;<br />
***and on '''prayer'''<br />
*Homily 71<br />
**On the difference of the '''virtues''', on the end of the entire course,<br />
***and on the greatness of love for mankind which in a spiritual manner perfects all the saints,<br />
***and firmly plants the divine likeness in them through God’s abundant love, which He has poured out upon the race of the sons of men<br />
*Homily 72<br />
**On '''faith''' and '''humility'''<br />
*Homily 73<br />
**On the benefit to be had from '''fleeing from the world'''<br />
*Homily 74<br />
**On the means whereby a man can acquire a change of his hidden thoughts with a '''change of his external discipline'''<br />
*Homily 75<br />
**On '''night vigil''' and the various ways of its observance;<br />
***and that we must not make the aim of our labors the fulfillment of a definite quantity of prayers, but rather with freedom and discernment we should be like children of God with their Father, laboring with the eagerness proper to love;<br />
***and on how the work of vigil is more venerable than all other disciplines;<br />
***and on what things are sought by those who choose this work;<br />
***and on how men should perform night vigil;<br />
***and on the gifts that these men are granted from God,<br />
***and the conflicts and battles waged against them by the ruler of this world<br />
*Homily 76<br />
**An answer that Saint Isaac made to a brother who asked him, ‘Why is it that, although our Lord defined mercy as likeness to the majesty of the Heavenly Father, solitaries honor '''stillness above mercy'''?’<br />
***And a defense concerning this;<br />
***and that it is not right to neglect the afflicted and the sick when they are near<br />
*Homily 77<br />
**On how much honor '''humility''' obtains,<br />
***and how very lofty is its rank<br />
<br />
===Appendices===<br />
*Appendix A: Additional Homilies by Saint Isaac the Syrian, From the Syriac Printed Text<br />
**I: On the different kinds of revelations and [divine] workings given to the saints in '''images and likenesses'''<br />
**II: On the '''gloomy darkness''' that befalls those who pursue the life of knowledge in stillness<br />
**III: On [divine] '''overshadowing'''<br />
**IV: On how it is right for '''a man’s life to be set apart''' [from the world]<br />
**V: On the workings of '''grace'''<br />
**VI: On '''hidden states''', and the powers and operations therein<br />
**VII: '''Brief subjects'''<br />
*Appendix B: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Egypt: The First Syriac Epistle of Saint Macarius of Alexandria, On the Christian Discipline<br />
*Appendix C: Glossary<br />
*Appendix D: Table of Homily Equivalences<br />
*Index of Subjects<br />
*Index of Scriptural Passages<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
Outline of Part 3:<ref>{{cite book | last=Hansbury | first=Mary T. | title=Isaac the Syrian's Spiritual Works | publisher=Gorgias Press | publication-place=Piscataway, N.J. | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-4632-0593-5}}</ref><br />
<br />
;I<br />
:Discourse on the solitary life and on the figure of the future realities which are depicted in it by those who hold to it truly;<br />
:and on the comparison <found> there with the way of life after the resurrection.<br />
<br />
;II<br />
:Concerning the order of the body when we are alone, and concerning the modesty of the exterior parts of the body.<br />
<br />
;III<br />
:Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:On prayer: how it binds our mind to God and causes it to cleave to the meditation in it;<br />
:and how by means of the excellent stirrings which are in it the mind is strong against the love for this world from which <come> the passions.<br />
<br />
;IV<br />
:Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:Second discourse on prayer: what is the exact prayer which happens according to the perfection of the mind.<br />
<br />
;V<br />
:Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:On the creation and on God.<br />
<br />
;VI<br />
:Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:The purpose of exhortation in agreement with the foregoing <account>: concerning the sweetness of divine judgment and the intention of His providence.<br />
<br />
;VII<br />
:By the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:Prayer impelled by the insights of the things which were said.<br />
:For there is in <prayer> a great signification, from time to time at prayer one turns to contemplate it, then again turns back to prayer.<br />
:And in the noble passion of the mind, one offers amazing stirrings for the sake of all these great things which are ours.<br />
<br />
;VIII<br />
:Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:On how the saints are set apart and sanctified by the inhabiting of the Holy Spirit.<br />
<br />
;IX<br />
:Of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:A synthesis of all kinds of labor concerning the part of the mind: what power and action belong to each one of them.<br />
<br />
;X<br />
:Converse of prayer of the solitaries, composed with metrical speech and according to the limits of insight.<br />
:Words which seize the heart and restrain from the distraction of earthly things.<br />
:<Words> composed for the consolation of solitaries with which they converse at night, after the time of the office, that their body might be relieved of sleep.<br />
<br />
;XI<br />
:Again of the same Mar Isaac.<br />
:Concerning that: “you have been raised with Christ,” as said by the divine Apostle;<br />
:and concerning this divine sacrifice which the holy Church accomplishes for the living and the dead for the sake of the hope of what is to come:<br />
:what is effected by this sacrifice and in a special way for a believing lay person because of the firmness of his hope.<br />
<br />
;XII<br />
:Again, a letter of exhortation by Mar Isaac concerning <how> solitary life can be affected <when lived> in the midst of others, which was sent to a monk who desired to be assured about this.<br />
:The monk had written him concerning his thoughts, asking if there was in them any blame from God.<br />
:<Isaac> exhorts to surrender oneself to the afflictions of this life, with a prompt intelligence which examines God’s hidden reasons.<br />
<br />
;XIII<br />
:Again, a letter on the abodes in which holy men enter by the stirrings existing in the mind, in the journey on the way to the house of God.<br />
<br />
;XVI<br />
:Of the same.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
*Isaac the Syrian. 2011. ''The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian'' (revised second edition). Brookline, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery. ISBN 9780943405162.<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twines the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life delivers and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shekhinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palm branch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://marjorie-wiki.de/wiki/Mand%C3%A4ische_Liturgien ''Mandäische Liturgien''] (Lidzbarski 1920, in German) (Marjorie-Wiki)<br />
*[http://de.pluspedia.org/wiki/Mand%C3%A4ische_Liturgien ''Mandäische Liturgien''] (Lidzbarski 1920, in German) (PlusPedia)<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twines the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life delivers and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shekhinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palm branch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twines the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life delivers and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palm branch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twines the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life delivers and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twines the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haš''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abides on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abides in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abides) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abides<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recites these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasure-house<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confine demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You show us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Niṣbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Niṣbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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<br />
Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she puts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she puts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cuts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begets and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Sun''' has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, '''Moon''' who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a '''fire'''.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::'''Sam-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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<br />
Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but if only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptise several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:if only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-light shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
::Strengthened shall be the fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušṭa beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
<br />
<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we will chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Sun''' in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Moon''', lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mars''', lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mercury''', learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Jupiter''', Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Saturn''', in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Venus''', Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
::Strengthened shall be the fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
<br />
<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we will chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Sun''' in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Moon''', lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mars''', lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mercury''', learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Jupiter''', Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Saturn''', in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Venus''', Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
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==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
::Strengthened shall be the fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
<br />
<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Sun''' in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Moon''', lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mars''', lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mercury''', learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Jupiter''', Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Saturn''', in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Venus''', Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
::Strengthened shall be the fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Sun''' in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
:Moon, lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Mars''', lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
:Mercury, learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Jupiter''', Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Saturn''', in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
<br />
:'''Venus''', Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
::Strengthened shall be the fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:Sun in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
:Moon, lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
:Mars, lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
:Mercury, learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
:Jupiter, Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
:Saturn, in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
:Venus, Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
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==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
:Strengthened shall be<br />
::The fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:Sun in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
:Moon, lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
:Mars, lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
:Mercury, learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
:Jupiter, Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
:Saturn, in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
:Venus, Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance<br />
::and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life,<br />
::before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
:Strengthened shall be<br />
::The fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:Sun in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
:Moon, lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
:Mars, lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
:Mercury, learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
:Jupiter, Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
:Saturn, in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
:Venus, Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets<br />
::that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life, before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him<br />
::who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life<br />
::that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me,<br />
::my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent,<br />
::for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round,<br />
::but ascend not by roads to the Light,<br />
::nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is,<br />
::pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life<br />
::in the Great Place, the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance,<br />
::that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign,<br />
::wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living,<br />
::whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travels on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
[[Category:Mysticism]]</div>GnosticScribehttp://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:GnosticScribe&diff=475655User:GnosticScribe2024-02-07T22:09:30Z<p>GnosticScribe: </p>
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<div>===Creation myths===<br />
*[[Naqshbandi creation myth]]<br />
*[[Creation of the Light of Muhammad]]<br />
*[[Secret Book of John]]<br />
*[[Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit]]<br />
<br />
===Mysticism===<br />
*[[Enneads]]<br />
**[[Mysticism in the Enneads]]<br />
**[[Metaphysics in the Enneads]]<br />
**[[Großschrift]]<br />
**[[Glossary of Greek terms in the Enneads]]<br />
*[[Elements of Theology]]<br />
*[[De Mysteriis]]<br />
*[[Mystical Theology]]<br />
*[[Divine Names]]<br />
*[[Allogenes]]<br />
*[[Desert Wisdom]]<br />
*[[153 Chapters on Prayer]]<br />
*[[Maxims of Evagrius]]<br />
*[[The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Qolasta]]<br />
*[[The Wedding of the Great Shishlam]]<br />
*[[Scroll of Exalted Kingship]]<br />
*[[Tafsir Pagra]]<br />
*[[Psalms of Thomas]]<br />
*[[Mi'raj]]<br />
*[[Upanishads]]<br />
*[[Kephalaia of the Teacher]]<br />
<br />
===اَللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ج===<br />
;اَللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ج<br />
:Allāhu lā ilāha illā hū<br />
;ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ<br />
:Al ḥayyu l-qayyūm<br />
;لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ج<br />
:Lā ta’khudhuhū sinatun walā nawm<br />
;لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قلے<br />
:Lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-’arḍ<br />
;مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ج<br />
:Man dha l-ladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahū ’illā bi’idhnih<br />
;يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ صلے<br />
:Ya‘lamu mā bayna ’aydīhim wamā khalfahum<br />
;وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ج<br />
:walā yuḥītūna bishay’in min ‘ilmihī ’illā bimā shā’<br />
;وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ صلے<br />
:Wasi‘a kursiyuhu s-samāwāti wal’arḍ<br />
;وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ج<br />
:Walā ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā<br />
;وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ<br />
:Wahuwa l-‘aliyyu l-‘aẓīm</div>GnosticScribehttp://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:GnosticScribe&diff=475654User:GnosticScribe2024-02-07T22:09:26Z<p>GnosticScribe: </p>
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<div>===Creation myths===<br />
*[[Naqshbandi creation myth]]<br />
*[[Creation of the Light of Muhammad]]<br />
*[[Secret Book of John]]<br />
*[[Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit]]<br />
<br />
===Mysticism===<br />
*[[Enneads]]<br />
**[[Mysticism in the Enneads]]<br />
**[[Metaphysics in the Enneads]]<br />
**[[Großschrift]]<br />
**[[Glossary of Greek terms in the Enneads]]<br />
*[[Elements of Theology]]<br />
*[[De Mysteriis]]<br />
*[[Mystical Theology]]<br />
*[[Divine Names]]<br />
*[[Allogenes]]<br />
*[[Desert Wisdom]]<br />
*[[153 Chapters on Prayer]]<br />
*[[Maxims of Evagrius]]<br />
*[[The Ascetical Homilies of Isaac the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Qolasta]]<br />
*[[the Wedding of the Great Shishlam]]<br />
*[[Scroll of Exalted Kingship]]<br />
*[[Tafsir Pagra]]<br />
*[[Psalms of Thomas]]<br />
*[[Mi'raj]]<br />
*[[Upanishads]]<br />
*[[Kephalaia of the Teacher]]<br />
<br />
===اَللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ج===<br />
;اَللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ج<br />
:Allāhu lā ilāha illā hū<br />
;ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ<br />
:Al ḥayyu l-qayyūm<br />
;لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ج<br />
:Lā ta’khudhuhū sinatun walā nawm<br />
;لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قلے<br />
:Lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-’arḍ<br />
;مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ج<br />
:Man dha l-ladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahū ’illā bi’idhnih<br />
;يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ صلے<br />
:Ya‘lamu mā bayna ’aydīhim wamā khalfahum<br />
;وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ج<br />
:walā yuḥītūna bishay’in min ‘ilmihī ’illā bimā shā’<br />
;وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ صلے<br />
:Wasi‘a kursiyuhu s-samāwāti wal’arḍ<br />
;وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ج<br />
:Walā ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā<br />
;وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ<br />
:Wahuwa l-‘aliyyu l-‘aẓīm</div>GnosticScribehttp://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Wedding_of_the_Great_Shishlam&diff=475653The Wedding of the Great Shishlam2024-02-07T22:08:31Z<p>GnosticScribe: Mandaean wedding hymns</p>
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Below are the wedding hymns of Parts 2 and 3 of the ''Wedding of the Great Shishlam''.<ref>Drower, E. S. 1950. ''Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D.C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam''. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico.</ref><br />
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Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
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==Part 2==<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:My Lord be praised.<br />
::Right-dealing strengthen you!<br />
:(In the name of the Great Life etc.)<br />
<br />
:A. Come, Kushṭa, with bounty,<br />
::(You) that bring Light to the house of (Your) friends.<br />
:B. You are tested, Pure (Being)<br />
::Who establishes your people in innocence.<br />
:G. You are a polished, selected Gem without flaw.<br />
:D. You are the Road of the Perfect,<br />
::A Path that mounts up to the Place of Light.<br />
:H. Life you are, from eternity!<br />
::You did go and did dwell in my true heart.<br />
:W. Woe to him that obeys You not, nor listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::They that revel in abodes of arrogance hold him captive.<br />
:Z. You are the armour of the perfect,<br />
::Truth without deviation.<br />
:Ḥ. You are wise and well-pleasing, my Lord,<br />
::(One) that teaches wisdom and faith to all that love Your name.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him that heeds and hears You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks his road following You<br />
:Y. You are a Day of Gladness<br />
::In which there is no mourning or lamentation.<br />
:K. You are a Wreath of Purities<br />
::That is set on the heads of the enlightened.<br />
:L. You are a Tongue of Praise<br />
::That daily praises the Life.<br />
:M. You are the first Mana (Primal Mind)<br />
::Which the Life constructed and built up.<br />
:N. You are the Light of Abundant (Life)<br />
::(You are He) that went and came to the world.<br />
:S. You are a Medicine, curing pains;<br />
::A Healer, that healeth all that love His name.<br />
:ʿ. You are the Eye of men of proven righteousness (or “of the righteous elect”)<br />
::Which looks daily towards the Life.<br />
:P. A Fruit you are, whose taste is pleasant,<br />
::(And) in which there is no blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. You are the First Voice<br />
::A Transplanting that none preceded<br />
::For of Their (own) Essence they created You.<br />
:Q. The First Cry are You,<br />
::That the Life evoked from its very Essence<br />
:R. You are Master of head-priests,<br />
::For Your glory resteth upon them.<br />
:Š. The dead heard You and lived,<br />
::The sick heard You and were cured.<br />
:T. You turn to God those chosen of Righteousness,<br />
::Men who laid hold of and believed in Wisdom,<br />
::Good men, tried men and perfect ones:<br />
::Kushṭa dwelt in their hearts!<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized (and) victorious<br />
:And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:Uthras assembled and Dwellings came together<br />
::And for Yawar, King of uthras, they set up a throne.<br />
:A throne they set up for Yawar, king of uthras<br />
::And placed fresh klila on his head<br />
:And his light shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings that beheld<br />
::the light of Yawar, king of uthras,<br />
:All flocked towards him,<br />
::they all flocked towards him,<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed him with a mighty benediction,<br />
:whereby King Yawar Ziwa was blessed in his Dwelling.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they clothed Manda ḏ-Hiia in his garments of light,<br />
::His brilliance shone forth over the worlds of light,<br />
:Over the worlds of light his brilliance shone forth<br />
:And the worlds of light that beheld his radiance all gathered to him,<br />
::All flocked to him and opened their mouths and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed is your radiance that shines over the waters!<br />
::How bright is your light!<br />
:Your form shines and becomes not dim!<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they tied the girdle on Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld Manda ḏ-Hiia’s radiance<br />
:Were all afraid of his radiance,<br />
::all were fearful of his radiance.<br />
:And all gathered to him,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And they blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this girdle wherewith they have girded you”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia with the ksuia (tunic),<br />
::His radiance shone forth over uthras and Dwellings.<br />
:The uthras and Dwellings<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:All gathered towards him together,<br />
::all flocked towards him<br />
:And laid their pure right hands on him<br />
::and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed are those who invested you with these coverings,<br />
:For all the worlds that behold you<br />
::Are awestruck at your radiance”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the stole, Šamašiel,<br />
:360 wellsprings of light sprang forth therein;<br />
::360 fountains of radiance leapt forth<br />
:And the radiance of the wellsprings shone out<br />
::And illuminated the worlds of light from end to end.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they set the crown on Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:His radiance shone forth upon the Houses:<br />
::Upon the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And He, the king of uthras,<br />
::that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia’s crown.<br />
:He leapt up from his throne, he rose,<br />
::from his throne he leapt up,<br />
:And the 360 uthras with the king stood (also),<br />
::And laid their pure right hands on him and blessed Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed is this crown that they set upon you.<br />
:By it all the worlds are illumined from end to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the šarwala Nṣab,<br />
:His radiance shone forth over the Houses,<br />
::Over the Houses his radiance shone forth.<br />
:And the niṭufiata who beheld the radiancy of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::Said to one another,<br />
:“Whence comes this light that shines on us?”<br />
<br />
:And the Youth that stood before them said to them<br />
:“This is a light transmitted<br />
::by the šarwala of Manda ḏ-Hiia!”<br />
:And all the “Drops” stood on the roof<br />
::And blessed him and said to him<br />
:“Blessed are you, our father, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::And blessed be he who invested you with these vestments<br />
:(For) their radiance is surpassing!”<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:On the day that they invested Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::with the margna (staff)<br />
:His radiance shone forth on the flowing stream.<br />
<br />
:It, the yardna, that beheld the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Leaped and rejoiced in the radiance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“How abundant is your yardna!<br />
:Strengthened shall be<br />
::The fruits and grapes and trees that (grow) by it.<br />
:Great is your glory,<br />
::and your Root shall be preserved from beginning to end”.<br />
<br />
:Give him to drink.<br />
<br />
:These, the prayers for the staff and crown, read both on a priest who celebrates a masiqta and for his bride (?) and chant these (the following) hymns.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:I twined a wreath of myrtle and marjoram<br />
::And set it on the head of Yawar, king of uthras<br />
:And said to him,<br />
:“Rejoice (O) Yawar, rejoice in your living wreath;<br />
::Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice in the cloud<br />
:Of brightness which has been bestowed on you.<br />
<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice at the kingdom<br />
::that has been conferred on you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in the running streams spread forth for you,<br />
:Rejoice, Yawar, rejoice, have joy<br />
::in Shahrat, the Cloud of brightness bestowed on you<br />
:That flows and travels onward<br />
::In your yardna from its source to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Who was it, amongst the uthras,<br />
::That placed a wreath of Great (Life) on his head?<br />
:(Who) placed a wreath on his head?<br />
<br />
:And the Tannas and Drops embrace one another<br />
::In the shade of the wreath,<br />
:In the shade of the wreath<br />
::they embrace one another,<br />
:And lay on him their pure right hands and bless him<br />
::With the mighty benediction<br />
:wherewith Yawar was blessed<br />
::In the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Our father! They made you Chief in Tarwan<br />
::And gave you authority (lit. “speech”) in the place of light.<br />
:Yawar set a crown upon you.<br />
<br />
:In the radiance thereof uthras become bright<br />
::And the planets are in fear of it.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Our father! They conferred on you pure sovereignty<br />
::And a command which the Great (Life) entrusted to you.<br />
:They bestowed a banner of radiance upon you,<br />
::Whereby all the worlds of light are illumined.<br />
:They gave you a staff of living water,<br />
::A rod, through which all rebels shall be laid low.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:Who sent you, new king,<br />
::cause of all these rites?<br />
:You have illumined the world of Ether-Air<br />
::And brightened the whole earth from end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:Who sent you, new king, that is sitting<br />
::in the (green) booth of the Master?<br />
:You have watered it with a great watering<br />
::And you have illumined and shed effulgence<br />
:On uthras in their dwellings<br />
::From end to end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:Our father Shihlun-Ziwa rejoices in his crown,<br />
::And the Mighty (Life) rejoices in Its Word<br />
:The Dwellings of the Mighty (Life) rejoice and are glad<br />
::With King Yawar Ziwa that brought you (hither).<br />
<br />
:Our father! Your wreath shall protect you<br />
::And the glory of the Great (Life) shall rest on you<br />
:May thine eyes be lightened, (O) good one,<br />
::Because you come hither for the chief function of life-union<br />
:Our father! Your wreath is from the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:Our father! Your wreath has a perfume<br />
::Like (the fragrance of) Anosh Uthra in his Dwelling.<br />
:Planter of plants, plant it!<br />
::And Twiner of Wreaths, twine it!<br />
:You that establishest purities,<br />
::form it well,<br />
:For the bridegroom N:<br />
::And give him prosperity.<br />
<br />
:I am small amongst uthras<br />
::And a babe amongst Rays-of-Light<br />
:Yet I grow great and my soul waxes great,<br />
::For I drank water from the mouth of the Light-Euphrates.<br />
:May pure guardians guard you<br />
::May your root be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
:And your doings be made prosperous,<br />
::So that you mayest rise up and behold<br />
:the Great Place, The House of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These prayers are to be recited over a priest that celebrates (his first) masiqta and over bridegrooms: they are prayers (for) the (sacred) clothing and investiture. I have copied (them) a second time for myself. I am a poor, lowly and striving(man), least amongst my brethren the head-priests and priests. And I kiss the shoes on the feet of the Nasoraeans and am as dust beneath the feet of the godly. I am Rabbi Adam Yuhana, son of Bihram, son of Sa’dan, son of ... (etc.).<br />
<br />
==Part 3==<br />
<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:In the name of the Great, Primal, Sublime Life! From the vast worlds of light be theie health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana son of Mahnush, and for my father, Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and (for my wife, Hawa Simat daughter of Maliha, and for my children, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the offspring of Hawa Simat.<br />
:And may our thought and mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns, that (are called) “When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 1===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:Lo, the voice of Life from the fruits,<br />
::And the voice of Light from afar,<br />
:And the voice of uthras from the Land of Light<br />
::That speak in their sublime voices and say<br />
<br />
:“Whence came we into being?<br />
::And whence were we produced?<br />
:Our power of production,<br />
::how was it implanted?<br />
:And our image,<br />
::what doth it resemble?<br />
:Whence springes our strength?<br />
::(That) higher strength to which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
<br />
:Our voice is a pure voice,<br />
::Remote, aerial, luminous and greatly honoured,<br />
:And our praise is praise of the Great (Life).<br />
::Our image is like to the Place of Light<br />
:Whence comes our strength, that lofty strength<br />
::To which all the worlds cannot attain?<br />
:Our voice is a pure Voice<br />
::that calls the bridegroom in his škinta<br />
:(It calls to) the sitting ones, the uthras,<br />
::and they are edified.<br />
:He went, the king of uthras, and he came;<br />
::He went, he came, the king of uthras<br />
:To the škintas in which uthras sit.<br />
<br />
:He said to them<br />
:“About what are ye instructed, (O) uthras?”<br />
::“About the Mana that is within the Occult,<br />
:About the Mana that is within the Hidden,<br />
::And about the Radiance that glows in a hidden place”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light.<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“From whom doth this brilliance emanate?<br />
::This light, from whom doth it proceed?<br />
:This brightness that is great and boundless<br />
::Whose is it?”<br />
<br />
:“This is the radiance of Hibil,<br />
::This is the light of Shitel,<br />
:This is the brightness of Anosh the great uthra,<br />
::That is great and boundless”.<br />
<br />
:“The radiance of Hibil is lovely,<br />
::And the light of Shitel is brilliant,<br />
:The brightness of Anosh is great<br />
::(Yes) it is abundant and boundless”<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:“This building, whose is it?<br />
::Whose is it, this building?<br />
:This building, whose is it,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set?”<br />
<br />
:“This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::This is the building of Yawar,<br />
:This is Yawar’s building,<br />
::That has so sweet a perfume,<br />
:Whose perfume is so sweet,<br />
::And in which fair trees are set”,<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is the perfume of the trees,<br />
::For the fragrance of Yawar rested upon them,<br />
:Sweet is the perfume of the trees<br />
::For the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia rested upon them”.<br />
<br />
:“O (You) that hangest up light,<br />
::Hanging up lamps of light therein,<br />
:O Suspender of (worlds of?) light,<br />
::Hang up in it candles of radiance”.<br />
<br />
:They sent Hibil Ziwa to make report<br />
::To the uthras that sit there;<br />
<br />
:And he said to them,<br />
:“From Radiance proceeded Light,<br />
::And from Light proceeded Ether,<br />
:Ether proceeded from Light<br />
::And glory was shown forth<br />
:To the uthras that sit there”.<br />
<br />
:“Sweet is your voice,<br />
::(O) youth Hibil,<br />
:When you speak in the garden of Adam<br />
::And chant sublime hymns!<br />
:Sweet is your voice,<br />
::and its sound went thither”.<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 2===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
::To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:— Great is he, the Good (Spirit)! —<br />
::Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:His course was set towards his Father,<br />
::To say to Him that which was sublime and great<br />
:In the Occult Place.<br />
<br />
:“If if please You, Great (Life),<br />
::If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
::A Home of delight and glory<br />
:Shall be founded therein,<br />
::Glory shall be made to dwell therein.<br />
:And uthras shall seek one another in prayer,<br />
::Uthras shall pray to one another,<br />
:And each shall glorify his brother,<br />
::By counsel which comes from You thence”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great spirit!<br />
::Go, shed glory there;<br />
:go, shed glory there;<br />
::With glory that is Ours<br />
:and yours let them be glorified,<br />
::And they shall receive the blessing We send them.<br />
:The blessing We send them they shall receive<br />
::And your benefaction they shall receive into their hands<br />
:The uthras shall know that you are greater than all uthras,<br />
::For you uncover and reveal to them,<br />
:And bestowest upon them radiance and praise.<br />
::Go thither!”<br />
<br />
:“Thither went I, and shed blessing upon them.<br />
::The blessing that I bestowed upon them they receive<br />
:And they bless themselves with the blessing,<br />
::With (that) blessing they bless themselves,<br />
:They glory in Your praise<br />
::And by Your praise are glorified.<br />
:And by Your Word they are established,<br />
::And depart not from that which is Your”.<br />
<br />
:Priests shall bless the Great (Life) in secret<br />
::And give honour to Him.<br />
:And glory rests upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 3===<br />
:Let one of Your Radiances come before me,<br />
::And one of Your Lights come behind me!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 4===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
:[Here the alphabetical prayer Come Kushṭa, etc., see page 42 is repeated.]<br />
<br />
===Hymn 5===<br />
:A Vehicle am I, a small one.<br />
::Light rested on my thought.<br />
:I travel, I go on,<br />
::And my life’s-passenger that is joined to me.<br />
<br />
:I spoke to her, saying to the life’s travelling-companion that is joined to me,<br />
:“By my own strength do I travel,<br />
::but you, by whose strength do you journey on?”<br />
<br />
:She spoke, the life-companion that is joined to me, saying to me,<br />
:“Just as you travel onwards by thine (own) strength,<br />
::I (travel on) by faith in Kušta beyond my vision;<br />
:(For) my eyes are eyes of light,<br />
::and my heart tested by Chosen Ones”.<br />
<br />
:We entered into garments and covered ourselves,<br />
::And Fertility was engendered<br />
:And the Elect settled<br />
::and shall be established.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 6===<br />
:In the name of the Gieat Life,<br />
::Sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:His nuptial couch is spread for the bridegroom<br />
::And bowls of wine are mixed for him.<br />
:The bolster of the bridegroom is clods of earth,<br />
::(Earth) is the bridegroom’s pillow, his vault is the sky.<br />
:The bridegroom’s robes are of pure lustration<br />
::The bridegroom’s girdle is all of well-springs,<br />
:Full of well-springs of radiance, light and glory;<br />
::The bridegroom’s tunic is of foaming waters.<br />
:The bridegroom’s wreath is of the purest kind of Vine;<br />
::The bridegroom’s staff is of camel-thorn.<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:“Come that we may make<br />
::A great wedding-feast for the bridegroom<br />
:As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
::To cause his appearance to shine<br />
:And to make him prosperous to life’s end<br />
::To cause good fortune to rest upon him.<br />
:And we will say to him,<br />
::Reciting a prayer for the bridegroom,<br />
:‘Rejoice, Bridegroom, rejoice!<br />
::And rejoice in your living wreath!<br />
:Inasmuch as your wreath is fresh<br />
::Your likeness shall be bright<br />
:And you shall be established in the radiance<br />
::Of the Great Life that sent you’”<br />
<br />
:They bring in white flour by the khor<br />
::With sacks of fine meal and household requisites they do enter<br />
:And finest flour (or “treasure”) without measure;<br />
::Sheep arrive in flocks and oxen without number,<br />
:They bring in myrtle by the load, and trails<br />
::Of jasmine in bunches.<br />
:Okes of gold they bring in,<br />
::and silver tied up in money-bags,<br />
:Precious stones and pearls,<br />
::all set by the hands of craftsmen,<br />
:Oil and wine,<br />
::all collected by experts.<br />
:A thousand stand on the ground<br />
::And two thousand stand on the roof<br />
:A thousand thousand uthras stand by the bridal-canopy,<br />
::And say<br />
:‘Come, let us make a great wedding-feast for the bridegroom,<br />
::As the Great (Life) commanded us,<br />
:To cause his appearance to shine<br />
::And to make him prosperous to liie’s end:<br />
:To cause good fortune to rest on the bridegroom.<br />
::And we wil| chant a prayer for the bridegroom<br />
<br />
:And will say to him: —<br />
:‘This radiance, whose is it?<br />
::And from whom doth this light emanate?’<br />
<br />
:‘This is Hibil’s radiance,<br />
::this is the light of Shitel<br />
:And this, the effulgence of Anosh Uthra, is great,<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:‘The radiance of Hibil is fair;<br />
::bright is the light of Shitel,<br />
:Great is the effulgence of Anosh Uthra<br />
::For it is vast and limitless’.<br />
<br />
:Sun in his pride bowed down before the bridegroom<br />
::And shed some of the rays of light that clothed him<br />
:And clad the bridegroom therein<br />
::and said to him,<br />
:‘I and my soldiers and doughty warriors<br />
::Will stand and take care of you from beginning to end<br />
:Moon, lord of crown and wreath<br />
::Brought his crown and wreath to the bridegroom<br />
:And made a declaration to the bridegroom.<br />
<br />
:He said to him,<br />
:‘Our father, your wreath is an uthras’ wreath,<br />
::And your resplendence proceeds from the strength of Radiance.<br />
:The king of uthras that beheld you removed his robes of radiance,<br />
::He clad you therein and said to you:<br />
:How lovely are your robes!<br />
::Your appearance is bright and shall be preserved<br />
:Mars, lord of arms and war,<br />
::put on his armour and warharness<br />
:And stands before the bridegroom’s bridal-canopy<br />
::And slays devils and demons,<br />
:Putting an end to<br />
::and slaughtering his foes.<br />
<br />
:And he said to him<br />
:‘I, with my warriors and mighty men,<br />
::Will stand here and guard you to the end<br />
:Mercury, learned and wise,<br />
::instilled some of his wisdom into the heart of the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned the bridegroom and said to him,<br />
:‘Who sent you, new-made king?<br />
::These doings all take place on thine account (alone).<br />
:You have brightened the Ether-world,<br />
::And have illumined the whole earth from end to end!’<br />
<br />
:Jupiter, Son of the Waters,<br />
::brings his vesture to the bridegroom,<br />
:And hymned him and said to him,<br />
:‘Your vesture, our father;<br />
::Is uthras’ vesture and its light, clothing (your) shoulder,<br />
:Will be weighed with you, our father, in the Scales<br />
::And will seal you with a pure Sign’.<br />
<br />
:Saturn, in his beauty and ruddiness,<br />
::brings his smock to the bridegroom,<br />
:And he hymned the bridegroom and said to him<br />
:‘O uthra in whose resplendence Nasoraeans shine,<br />
::Vaunting themselves in the Word,<br />
:The world of light vaunts itself about you,<br />
::With the king Shihlun-Ziwa that established you’.<br />
<br />
:Venus, Lady of Beauty and Desire<br />
::Brought her wreath and girdlestring to the bride,<br />
:And they set them upon the head of the bride,<br />
::And addressed a hymn to the bride, saying to her,<br />
:‘O crowned bride, that sits upon columns of water<br />
::Rejoice! and rejoice in this spouse that took you to wife,<br />
:And rejoice in your living wreath.<br />
::Inasmuch as your wreath is living (refulgent)<br />
:So shall thine appearance give light,<br />
::And you shall be preserved until world’s end<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
:When you reachest (the words) “Venus, Lady of Beauty and desire, her wreath and girdlestring they bring to the bride and set them on the bride’s head”,<br />
:then place upon the bride’s head the wreath which they bound with twigs when they took her into the canopy.<br />
:Then read the hymn “I and the bridegroom’s groomsman”<br />
:and thrice knock the head of the bridegroom against that of the bride.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 7===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:(Refrain)<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Are (like to) the straps of his sandals<br />
:And the poles of his bridal canopy.<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman<br />
::Washed in the waters of the sea.<br />
<br />
:We revealed not our secret to the sea<br />
::To the sea we revealed not our secret,<br />
:Nor did we broadcast our wisdom to the highways.<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride<br />
::Fruit that is enclosed!<br />
:Who revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom to the highways?<br />
:Perchance Sun revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor bruited our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Sun, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dawn and set at dusk.<br />
:Sun revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's, groomsman, (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed;<br />
:Who was it that revealed, who revealed our secret?<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Perchance Moon revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:(Nay!) Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways;<br />
:Moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rose at dusk and set at dawn.<br />
:Moon revealed not our secret<br />
::Nor broadcast our wisdom in the highways!<br />
<br />
:I and the bridegroom's groomsman... (etc.)<br />
<br />
:O crowned bride, who was it?<br />
::(O) fruit that is enclosed,<br />
:Who was it (that) revealed our secret<br />
::And broadcast our wisdom in the highways?<br />
:Three uthras not of this world revealed it:<br />
::They confirm one another in rank and consecrate one another in office<br />
:In one radiance they are clothed<br />
::And one light spread over all of them.<br />
:When the Good Ones speak,<br />
::their speech is one,<br />
:Like the speech of the Mighty (Life) in the Great Place<br />
::And in the House of Perfection.<br />
:Betwixt them there is no hatred,<br />
::Quarrelling or division.<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonious, Life is victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 8===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:There is a Vine for Shitel<br />
::and a Tree for Anosh<br />
:In you, Place of right-dealing men,<br />
::That bore reward and bore oblation and bore nasiruta.<br />
:The tendrils at its leaf-ends bear prayers<br />
::And hymns and sublime books<br />
:When I arose in my place,<br />
::I made a request that is great;<br />
:I asked that a tall ladder be given me<br />
::That I might place it against the Vine for ascent<br />
:Against the Vine for ascent<br />
::I might place it<br />
:and mount into my Vine,<br />
::be raised up and grasp its foliage<br />
:Eat, be refreshed by its shade<br />
::and enjoy its leafiness.<br />
:When I rose in my place,<br />
::they granted the request I made;<br />
:They gave me a tall ladder<br />
::that I set against the Vine for ascent.<br />
:I rose into my Vine.<br />
::I grew, I grasped its foliage, ate,<br />
:was refreshed by its shade,<br />
::And enjoyed its leafiness.<br />
:From the tendrils of my Vine<br />
::I twisted a wreath and set it on my head.<br />
:The worlds gathered together<br />
::and the ages assembled,<br />
:And twisted themselves twinings<br />
::after the manner of my wreath.<br />
:The twisters twined,<br />
::but (their klila) resembled not (mine).<br />
:They went, they put vine(-leaves) on themselves<br />
::and say,<br />
:“Man, whence is your wreath<br />
::and whence came the being that twined it for you?”<br />
<br />
:To them I reply,<br />
:“Vanish, be gone from my presence<br />
::(O ye) dead ones, wicked ones who beheld not the Life!<br />
:As for me, my wreath is not from here,<br />
::The Being that twined it is not from here,<br />
:Not of this world.<br />
:I, my wreath is of the Vine Arwaz<br />
::And the Being that twined it is from the Place of Light.<br />
:The Being that brought it and set it on my head<br />
::Was from the Eternal Home”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonious, (Life is) victorious<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence<br />
<br />
===Hymn 9===<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life, sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana am I of the Mighty Life;<br />
:I am a mana of the Great Life,<br />
::A mana which emanated from the Mana.<br />
<br />
:From the Mana proceeded my mana<br />
::And went towards two lawful spouses of this world.<br />
:I came and I opened living water<br />
::And gave it to the terrestial pair to drink.<br />
:I opened living waters and gave of them<br />
::To the bridal pair of this world to drink.<br />
:I implanted pregnancy and birth in them<br />
::And with sexual desire I enflamed them<br />
:And caused love to dwell in both of them.<br />
<br />
:And with Kushṭa spread them<br />
::a bed of leaves from trees (of Life).<br />
:And they shall live, and shall rejoice,<br />
::and I, the Messenger Hibil,<br />
:Have carried out that which my Father commanded me.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious<br />
::And victorious the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
:As you read this hymn “A mana am I of the Great Life”, when you reach (the words) “I came and opened up living waters and gave the two legally joined ones to drink”, the bride’s father shall come from the bridal-booth, and they shall fill bowls with the hamra and give the bride to drink as she sits within the veil, and then end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 10===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life,<br />
::sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:A. You have come, Pure Pearl,<br />
::that illumines dark hearts!<br />
:B. Bel, to bring radiance into being,<br />
::to be awakened, became Light. (?)<br />
:G. I laughed at the planets,<br />
::(and) at what they planned and did.<br />
:D. I dwelt amongst the Seven (planets)<br />
::but they laid no hand upon me.<br />
:H. For the Elect that loved the Life<br />
::there shall be good things.<br />
:W. Woe to the planets that scheme wickedness against my Chosen Ones!<br />
:Z. He is great Radiance and limitless Light.<br />
:Ḥ. He is the First Life, before Whom none existed.<br />
:Ṭ. Well is it for him who obeys and listens to You, my Lord!<br />
::And walks on his way after You<br />
:Y. A great light he is, like a soul which came<br />
::from the House of the Great Life.<br />
:K. A pure wreath he is,<br />
::which they set upon Hibil in his dwelling.<br />
:L. My heart prays Life that Life will raise us up to Its Dwellings.<br />
:M. From the day that Hibil planted me, my soul passed to the Place of Light.<br />
:N. You are Serenity pre-eminent, for whose sake an uthra set me at rest (?)<br />
:S. The Twelve Gates travel round, but ascend not by roads to<br />
::the Light, nor (plumb) the depths of Naṣiruta<br />
::that are profound and fathomless.<br />
:P. A sweet fruit it is, pleasant to taste and without blemish.<br />
:Ṣ. I listened to the voice of Life in the Great Place,<br />
::the House of Perfection.<br />
:Q. The voice of pure Radiance, that speaks and teaches in its Dwelling.<br />
:R. It is a Pure Sign, wherewith the living are signed in their Dwellings.<br />
:Š. I hear the speech of the Living, whose abode is in the Dwelling of Life.<br />
:T. It is a lovely door of Light that is boundless.<br />
<br />
:And Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
::and victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 11===<br />
:Lo, the wicked degrade my people<br />
::But the good raise my people up.<br />
:The voices of uthras come (to us)<br />
::And three righteous elect (men).<br />
:Lo, your radiance is uthras’ radiance<br />
::And the light of (divine) Dwellings illumines you<br />
:Your eyes, (O) good one,<br />
::behold lamps without wicks.<br />
:Lo, uthras have unfurled for you<br />
::banners to their full length.<br />
:Wellsprings have spread for you myrtle and narcissus<br />
::In the shade of the citron-trees.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 12===<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 13===<br />
:Behold, O my portal, (O) my good doors,<br />
::How eager are his eyes!<br />
:Enter! Come into your marriage-bed<br />
::Amidst the eyes of those who envy you!<br />
:Lo, they who hate you, my lord,<br />
::They shall be hated.<br />
:And (he) that curses you<br />
::His first-born shall be his adversary.<br />
:(But) the kindly that bless you<br />
::Shall have children resembling you.<br />
:Manda and the bridegroom rejoice<br />
::But the worthless Messiah rejoices not.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 14===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::that stands above the room,<br />
:Come down, go to the entrance,<br />
::for the king’s horsemen are passing<br />
:The king has descended in his place,<br />
::They clarified wine for him that he may drink it;<br />
:They spread out for him cloth of gold, wedding gifts,<br />
::Linen and porcelain beside him.<br />
:Manda and bridegroom rejoice:<br />
::but the worthless Messiah rejoices not!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 15===<br />
:“Behold! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener<br />
:Your father plucks for you that which has perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweeet!”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 16===<br />
:“He has pulled me myrtle by the load<br />
::And marjoram in bunches,<br />
:Like the Unknown Plant comes its perfume<br />
::And is overpoweringly sweet”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 17===<br />
:“Hey! my little mistress,<br />
::daughter of the king’s Chief Gardener,<br />
:How many be the groves of myrtle?<br />
::How many the tended garden-beds and seedling plots?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 18===<br />
:“A thousand are the myrtle-groves,<br />
::two thousand the tended garden-beds and seedling plots.<br />
:They strew the way for the bridegroom<br />
::with heaps of Juri roses”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 19===<br />
:“Lo, my little mistress,<br />
::his baggy trousers (lie) beside your slippers!<br />
:Did you not say to him, to the bridegroom,<br />
::That those who mourn in the roads will laugh?”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 20===<br />
:They clad him in a robe, an elegant one<br />
::Coloured rose and white<br />
:At its neck gold<br />
::Its hem of pearls.<br />
<br />
:Behold! The robe (has) bells<br />
::Worthy of enchaining me. (?)<br />
:My father did not fashion for mother<br />
::Garments of dyed stuff<br />
:(And) cloaks for the hired maid-servants!<br />
<br />
:Behold, O little mistress, that earnest the burnished mirror.<br />
::Do you not see in it that you are fairer then he?<br />
<br />
:Behold, is not her beauty that of the moon,<br />
::Either at its full or at its absence.<br />
:Is not her comb the aid to adornment<br />
::Of Venus, daughter of the gods?<br />
<br />
===Hymn 21===<br />
:Behold, O you that glitterest with gold<br />
::That medium wherewith kings are crowned,<br />
:(How) they have endowed him with lustre,<br />
::The stranger whom they chose for me as spouse,<br />
:My lavish giver of wedding gifts.<br />
<br />
:(O) my generous (lover) that lavished on me wedding-gifts<br />
::Of fair gold and burnished agate,<br />
:Who chose for you a slender spouse<br />
::With ardent eyes?<br />
:“They chose me a lord<br />
::whose brilliant qualities endear him to me”.<br />
<br />
:“Leagues I travelled west<br />
::and two thousand leagues west and east,<br />
:And treasure they chose out for me,<br />
::A slender spouse, with ardent eyes”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 22===<br />
:“Daughter to whom are you?<br />
::And whose daughter do they call you?<br />
:What poor folk and slaves do you rule?<br />
::And who bought you maidservants?”.<br />
<br />
:“I am daughter to spacious Air<br />
::And sister to pure Yushamin,<br />
:My father had slaves and my mother handmaidens;<br />
::As I have no slaves, whose slaves can they be?”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 23===<br />
:On the day that the great ʿUrash came for her<br />
::Your father at our house said to me,<br />
:“Her mother was mistaken<br />
::when she ferried her over the Euphrates!”<br />
<br />
:(But) they said,<br />
:“Come, be our sister,<br />
::head of all our family<br />
:And we will be the slaves that stand in your presence.<br />
::And will obey all that you say to us”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 24===<br />
:(O) bridegroom, who was it that told you?<br />
::Who was it that showed you the way<br />
:When you did send presents to my father<br />
::Of a hundred camels and a hundred mules?<br />
:The camels are laden with gold,<br />
::The mules with gauze and silk.<br />
:You did send Hibil Ziwa<br />
::And with him the pure Yushamin.<br />
:Hibil kissed my father,<br />
::Yushamin my seven brothers.<br />
:You did send the great 'Zlat<br />
::Whose ring they placed on my hand<br />
:Who wedded the bridegroom<br />
::and who put the ring on him?<br />
:Who were they that chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse of the Greeks?<br />
<br />
:Hibil wedded the bridegroom<br />
::And Shitel placed the ring on him<br />
:Kanat chose him<br />
::a faithful spouse pf the Greeks.<br />
<br />
:No moon is like the bridegroom<br />
::And no wise man or hero (is his equal!)<br />
:His figure is (straight) as the cypress,<br />
::His beard is like watermint plants.<br />
:He has no peer on earth<br />
::Nor partner (equal to him) in cities;<br />
:He is like the water-qaduia<br />
::Which has seven tendrils.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 25===<br />
:Hibil Ziwa has blessed you<br />
::And the uthras, his three brothers,<br />
:West and east have blessed you<br />
::And profound priestly rites have blessed you,<br />
:Bridal bed spread and bowls of wine mixed<br />
::have blessed you in (your) pure marriage bed<br />
:As they blessed Adam and Eve.<br />
<br />
:“Ho, my father’s portresses,<br />
::Hired men and obedient servitors!<br />
:Spread in the bridegroom’s path<br />
::Heaps of Juri roses!<br />
<br />
:“Mother listens lest the sound of his shoes should not come;<br />
::(But) if they forbid him, I shall perish!<br />
:If they question him (plague him with questions)<br />
::And I cannot speak with him!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, father, by your life,<br />
::And by the life of your brothers,<br />
:Kings lavished on him a thousand zuzim!<br />
::(O) but the stranger tarries, Father!”.<br />
<br />
:“All that he has will be aflame for you! (?)<br />
::Not a day on earth will pass<br />
:(Before) he showeth you<br />
::A house for thyself alone”.<br />
<br />
:A pomegranate, a golden pomegranate,<br />
::A loquot, a burnished fruit,<br />
:Magnificent, of the new year<br />
::(Is she) that sitteth before the bridegroom!<br />
:When he entereth his house<br />
::It is bright with lamps.<br />
<br />
:“One of my hands is beneath his head.<br />
::With the other, my right hand, I fan him,<br />
:So that I do not wake him,<br />
::So that he may wake of himself”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 26===<br />
:Standing beneath the date-palm<br />
:And outstretching (my) hand to my lord,<br />
:(I pray),<br />
<br />
:“You, God bless me,<br />
::So that I may speak with the stranger!”<br />
:The date-palm and its fruit have blessed you!<br />
::And profound priestly arts have blessed you!<br />
:As long as water flows and air (circulates)<br />
::You shall have good fortune!<br />
<br />
:“By your life, son of head-priests,<br />
::Chief of the people that are wedding-guests,<br />
:Rejoice and gladden the bridegroom,<br />
::That the bridegroom’s heart may rejoice!”<br />
<br />
:“Bridegroom! Rejoice, rejoice!<br />
::Rejoice at your wedding-guests!<br />
:Good, good shall be the days<br />
::And each sabbath of your week!<br />
:And every new year that comes in<br />
::Your offspring shall increase!”<br />
<br />
===Hymn 27===<br />
:Ye are sealed with the seal-ring of Life<br />
::And Manda ḏ-Hiia has, armed you (against evil),<br />
:Ye are raised up to greatness as great<br />
::As that of Yawar and Simat Hiia.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 28===<br />
:A thousand set your table,<br />
::And a thousand servitors (wait your will),<br />
:Two thousand stand in the road<br />
::And gaze at the wedding party.<br />
:They bring almonds, sweetmeats and walnuts<br />
::For the wedding-guests.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 29===<br />
:Pure guardians shall watch over you!<br />
<br />
:Your root shall be raised up and flourish exceedingly<br />
::Your doings shall be made prosperous.<br />
:And you shall rise and behold<br />
::the Great Place, the Abode of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:This is the Conclusion of the Wedding Songs.<br />
:These are the Wedding Songs.<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great Primal Sublime Life!<br />
:From the vast worlds of light that are above all works may there be health, purity, strength, soundness, speech and hearing, joy of heart and a forgiving of sins for me, Adam Yuhana, son of Mahnush, and for my father Sam son of Anhar, and for my mother Mahnush daughter of Hawa Simat, and for my wife, Hawa Simat Maliha, and for my offspring, Adam Yuhana and Sharat Mamania, the children of Hawa Simat. And may thought, mind and intelligence enlighten us about the treasure of the Primal Life by means of these prayers and hymns of When the Proven one, the pure one goes.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 30===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the Place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place which is all radiance<br />
:And (where) light and glory abound,<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks to Perfection<br />
:That is hidden and guarded within Its Veil,<br />
:That is set apart by Its glory, and illumines therewith<br />
:All Its counsel.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:Saying to this Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life), if it please You Great (Life),<br />
:An Ether-(world) has been completed:<br />
:It is all made, an Ether (-world)<br />
:And radiance has been formed therein,<br />
:Therein has great radiance been formed,<br />
:And sublime light established therein.<br />
:Therein are uthras, and Beams-of-Light are established therein:<br />
:Therein shine forms that gleam with lovely radiance;<br />
:(Therein) illumination groweth<br />
:And watcheth over the uthras.<br />
:Uthras shine therein, in brightness<br />
:Which travels thither from Yourself!”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:“These be (welcome) words<br />
:That you say to Us!<br />
:Go you, and become guardian to them<br />
:And all will shine through your strength<br />
:And will laud your Garment<br />
:And will honour thine appearance<br />
:The Proven, Pure One blesses the Great (Life) for (that which)<br />
:He said to him with his pure mouth.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Light shines and praise is unsullied,<br />
:Unsullied is the ready praise<br />
:And blessed the benediction, the blessed benediction<br />
:Which lovely manas pronounced,<br />
:Pronounced by lovely manas,<br />
:Pre-equipped, calm and perfected manas.<br />
<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A world of light has been created:<br />
:Created is a world of light<br />
:And glory is established therein.<br />
:Dwellings are set up therein<br />
:And it shall be bright in Your praise<br />
:In your praise it will shine: it will shine in your praise<br />
:And will be blessed by Your benediction.<br />
:There shall be mystic sprouts (offspring)<br />
:And at Your Word they will flourish,<br />
:They will flourish at Your Word,<br />
:And Sprouts that are zealous shall be raised up”.<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks with its pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:It says to him, “You are Our Thought,<br />
:Our Mind and Our Understanding,<br />
:Our Heart that is limitless, Our First Voice,<br />
:Our Pure Garment, and Our well-equipped, first Discerner<br />
:Transplanted from Our very Self!<br />
:Go! Perform your work and (produce) your pure Offspring,<br />
:And they shall attain perfection,<br />
:They shall attain perfection, your pure offspring,<br />
:And be joined in one communion, inseparable.<br />
:Make a world of light,<br />
:They shall shine within it, yes, it shall be,<br />
:It shall be all radiance and all light,<br />
:And shall attain perfection”,<br />
<br />
:And the Great Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 31===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the glowing Heart of Glory,<br />
:Whose benediction blesses the place where secret (beings) dwell<br />
:And speak there of Its Glory,<br />
:Speak of Its Glory there,<br />
:And are bright in the thought of Itself;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:To Predestinate Perfection,<br />
:And says to Him, the Pure Vein,<br />
:The Tongue that has no limit: —<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:May yardnas be transported?<br />
:Permit that we transport (yardnas)<br />
:And establish therein a pure sign,<br />
:A pure sign we will establish in them,<br />
:And there will be abundance for all the uthras<br />
:And all the uthras shall be baptised as You baptisest<br />
:And shall be established in themselves<br />
:As You are established eternally.<br />
:They will shine forth and enlighten one another,<br />
:And will instruct one another about You,<br />
:And about Your pure Vesture that is sublime<br />
:And brighter than any other visible thing;<br />
:About that which was transplanted from its place,<br />
:And about that which was predestined to exist,<br />
:And about that which was created in a hidden shrouding”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) speaks, the Predestinate (speaks)<br />
:To the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:And says,<br />
:“Their clothing is pure,<br />
::But there is nought which has not limit!<br />
:All that you have done shall be established,<br />
::And all your Vine, all your works shall be illustrious,<br />
:There shall be no blemish therein,<br />
::And nought from you shall be amiss<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 32===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where His Appearance shines<br />
:(And) His Countenance gives light,<br />
:Their countenances give light<br />
:And their counterparts find support at all times,<br />
:Every time that they seek and find<br />
:And discourse of their Creator.<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, great (Life),<br />
:Great (spirits) sit in glory;<br />
:In glory they sit, the great (spirits),<br />
:And speech in their language that is not mortal.<br />
:They talk in their gentle voices,<br />
:And You sheddest upon them some of that which is Your,<br />
:And they sit in fellowship with You,<br />
:And are stablished in Your praise<br />
:And in talk of Your Place and Your prayers.<br />
:And their doings shall be confirmed,<br />
:Confirmed shall their doings be,<br />
:And the horn on their heads be raised up,<br />
:Their root be established and refreshed their innocence,<br />
:Refreshed shall be their innocence derived from your strength,<br />
:That was derived from Your strength and went forth<br />
:And went and rested upon Your own”.<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks to him<br />
:And says to the Proven Pure One,<br />
:“Go, invest the great (spirits) with radiance,<br />
:And bestowl upon them Bread in the Place of Light,<br />
:(Sacramental) Bread give to them,<br />
:And they will enhance the light of your praise.<br />
:Do thus, and inspire (them) with faith, (O) Mana!<br />
:And the Life will show Itself grateful to you”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 33===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of calm speech and form sublime,<br />
:To the place where all are kings<br />
:And lust and misdoing exist not,<br />
:To the Place that is all goodness,<br />
:And their Vesture shines upon<br />
:The pure arriving (spirit), and upon him<br />
:Whose form gives light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:A building transcendent(ly fair) shall be built;<br />
:There shall be built a building surpassing (fair).<br />
:And Your right hand shall set it up,<br />
:It shall be set up by Your right hand,<br />
:And You wilt not cut it off from You.<br />
:Your first plan, it shall rise towards You,<br />
:It shall be set up, it shall rise towards You<br />
:And cut not off from Yourself the First-Born<br />
:Whom You did create! He shall be set right,<br />
:As Your counterpart. He is a fair portal,<br />
:He shall rise towards You, He shall be established,<br />
:He shall mount, he shall be directed You-wards,<br />
:And shall speech in Your speech that is eternal.<br />
:He shall not sever from You or from Your society.<br />
:Condemn him not!”<br />
<br />
:All that the Proven Pure One had said<br />
:Pleased the Great (Life).<br />
:And Sublime-Light riseth up, and she says to him (r<br />
:“You are possessor of will and lord of all victories!<br />
:You have prevailed, and have overcome your brethren,<br />
:And your Father (Whom) in secret you blessest!<br />
:Go, create light for Yushamin and reassure his heart!<br />
:Say to him I Fear not!’ and reveal to him<br />
:What has been established here.<br />
:Explain it to him so that his heart may be glad,<br />
:And confirm it so that his mind may be enlightened.<br />
:And be gracious and kindly to him and bless him<br />
:And show him the light of your countenance,<br />
:The light of your countenance show to him,<br />
:And say to him that he shall not be abased,<br />
:(But) shall be meek and humble<br />
:And shall illumine the uthras”.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One did that which was commanded him,<br />
:And the Mana supported the Proven One at his place,<br />
:So that he performed that which was commanded him.<br />
:And he proceeded to the House of Life,<br />
:He went, he said to Them “Thus have I done,<br />
:And it was set in order. Should it not be so,<br />
:Set Ye it in order!”<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) blesses the Proven One<br />
:With His pure mouth, for having made report.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 34===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Mighty-in-Glory, to the Well-Ordered-and-Well-Ordering,<br />
:(That) speaks in His calm voice<br />
:Ordering His ordinances,<br />
:Uttering in His mild voice His trustworthy teaching,<br />
:His secret prayers and wise utterances that are not vain,<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will twine klila of radiance;'<br />
:Wreaths of radiance will we twine,<br />
:And set them on the heads of the uthras.<br />
:We will bring them from the Great Light,<br />
:And will watch over them.<br />
:And if Ye do not thus<br />
:In what can the uthras prosper?<br />
:In whom shall the uthras rejoice?<br />
:And whence will come the authority of the Rays-of-Light?<br />
:Whence will they derive renown and honour<br />
:And how can they be preserved?<br />
:And how can they seek and find,<br />
:And speak with You and be heard?”<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks.<br />
:He says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“Go! Join with Radiance,<br />
:And take heed that they change raiment.<br />
:Give them of my Wreath of Ether<br />
:And all the uthras will rejoice.<br />
:And from Us and from you<br />
:They shall obtain renown and honour,<br />
:Renown and honour they shall have,<br />
:And in strength and honour they shall be preserved<br />
:And Our name and your name shall be upon them,<br />
:And they shall give praise in the Secret Place’<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 35===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of pure vesture,<br />
:Vestments of shining radiance;<br />
:To the place of living flame<br />
:Where all are full of goodness, (where)<br />
:All open their eyes in radiance<br />
:In radiance they open their eyes<br />
:And shine in that Light;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I would say one word to You;<br />
:One word I would say to You<br />
:That is sublime and illuminating,<br />
:And not (to be)cut short!<br />
:How lovely is Your Likeness,<br />
:And how greatly have You increased<br />
:And established Your sublime glory!<br />
:(Yet) in the Ether (world) there is no water!<br />
:As there is no water in the Ether (-world),<br />
:By what can the uthras be invigorated?<br />
:The uthras, how can they prosper,<br />
:And (how) can priestly wisdom be instilled into their hearts?”<br />
<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:“How zealous you are, Yawar!<br />
:And how submissive and faithful<br />
:Are the words which you have spoken!<br />
:Create a source of living waters<br />
:For the Ether (world) and send it —<br />
:To the Ether, the dwelling of uthras.<br />
:The uthras shall all refresh themselves therein and be glad,<br />
:They shall Refresh themselves therein and be glad”.<br />
:The uthras all drank thereof and were invigorated,<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts.<br />
:They all drank of it and were invigorated<br />
:And priestly wisdom was instilled into their hearts”.<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious, —<br />
:And victorious is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And those that love his name.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 36===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where Pure Perfection dwells,<br />
:That proceeded from Itself and Its Word, — It proceeded from Itself,<br />
:And its Word and words proceeded from It<br />
:And from their Counterparts.<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One, speaks,<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Zihrun Raza shall be summoned;<br />
:We will summon Zihrun Raza.<br />
:He and his seven mystic brethren that are with him,<br />
:One is called “Radiance” and another is called “Light”.<br />
:And we will transfer (them)<br />
:And they will be enlightened, they will be instructed.<br />
:And we will transplant for them flowing streams<br />
:That are transcendent.<br />
:Transcendent yardnas we will bestow on them,<br />
:And they shall rule a Treasure-house of living flame,<br />
:And the Family that the Son of Hidden Mysteries led forth.<br />
:They shall be baptized and established,<br />
:And a Treasure-House shall be established<br />
:In their vestments and their strength be in that place<br />
:And there, at Your Name, the elect shall be established.<br />
:If thus You do not do,<br />
:Transitory matters may cause the Treasure-House to sin,<br />
:May cause it to fall away from You,<br />
:And all the mysteries (rites) will be marred”.<br />
:When the Proven Pure One said this,<br />
:A Cry descended into all the worlds<br />
:From the Secret Radiance: It uttered,<br />
:It created Zihrun Raza and the seven mystic brethren that are with him<br />
:It created and transferred yardnas,<br />
:It set them in rule over the yardnas,<br />
:Over the yardnas it set them as rulers,<br />
:And (over) wellsprings that cease not (to flow).<br />
<br />
:Life is harmonized and is victorious,<br />
::And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 37===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One, goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place that is self-created<br />
:And a Presence set up therein,<br />
:A Voice went forth from the Presence<br />
:Announcing to the Chief of the Rays-of-Light,<br />
:Proclaiming to the Great(est) Ray-of-Light<br />
:Instruction about every matter,<br />
:About every principal matter that was to be explained<br />
:And thus it was.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:I will tell You all that I have seen.<br />
:I have seen, and I desire to create<br />
:— If it please You! — three uthras.<br />
:And I will settle them in my abode.<br />
:One shall be my companion; another shall be,<br />
:As it were, my counterpart; and the other<br />
:Shall be young, satisfactory to my mind<br />
:And they shall chant sublime hymns<br />
:And read in secret books<br />
:And recite therefrom, in all their wisdom<br />
:Performing rites that are seemly.<br />
:And (they) shall walk with me in the boundary of the Self (?)<br />
:Walking according to my commands<br />
:And departing not from my (word).<br />
:From my (word) they shall not depart,<br />
:Nor alter my pure command,<br />
:Nor change my rites that they perform<br />
:And were commanded (to perform).<br />
:According to my design I created them,<br />
:And upon their minds I set the Sign of Life:<br />
:The Sign of the Great Life I set on their minds,<br />
:And placed my Name upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 38===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:That is all radiance — and nought is as sublime<br />
:Or as pure! — (to the place)<br />
:That is full of fair praises of You;<br />
<br />
:The Proven, the Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You,, Great (Life),<br />
:I, with my uthras, will create another,<br />
:Another I will create with my uthras.<br />
:And I will clothe him in my radiance,<br />
:And with my light I will cover him,<br />
:I will cover him with my light,<br />
:And he shall be protected by my Name.<br />
:Of that which was dealt out to me I will bring him.<br />
:He shall arise with progress and strength,<br />
:And shall take to himself Manda ḏ-Hiia that came hither<br />
:(And) shall go to the world of Abatur, (he) from whom came imperfection:<br />
:Imperfection came from him, and he sowed bad seed,<br />
:Bad seed he sowed and created creations unprofitable to him;<br />
:That were unruly and received not baptism,<br />
:Nor did he grasp the right hand of his father.<br />
:He did that which was not commanded him<br />
:And performed that which was unprofitable.<br />
:One of my uthras shall go,<br />
:He shall confound all such creations,<br />
:He shall put all of them to shame —<br />
:The creations that he created that have neither hands nor feet.<br />
:He shall institute a Way in the world,<br />
:And chosen ones shall mount thitherwards thereby.<br />
:At my call they will come<br />
:And will set up my boundary-stone<br />
:And testify to the one great, pure Name.<br />
:And the horn on their heads shall be raised up.<br />
:Life is harmonized and victorious,<br />
:And victorious is the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 39===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells —<br />
:Pure is the place: in it is no pain;<br />
:No infirmity existeth therein, nor is disquiet admitted there;<br />
:Friction is not accepted therein, and wrath and violence<br />
:Have no place therein, but all is calm, all is kindliness,<br />
:For they within it are in harmony; —<br />
<br />
:The Proven One, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Your will shall be wrought upon the uthras;<br />
:Upon the uthras Your will shall be wrought,<br />
:And all that You desirest, You wilt perform!<br />
:I have seen, I have spoken; and he whom I mention before You,<br />
:To him, (to) this Abatur Rama, I will reveal why he fell from his throne,<br />
:Why he fell from his throne and went and became He-of-the Scales.<br />
:When I call for the second time, lay You Your right hand upon him”.<br />
:The Great Predestinate speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You knowest all hearts and discernest all thoughts,<br />
:To thine eyes (all) is manifest and you divulgest<br />
:Your power to them all! For your fame’s sake and Our fame’s sake,<br />
:When (thus) he offendeth, who can pardon him?<br />
:Who can pardon him when he offendeth<br />
:And casteth our Root into polluted waters?<br />
:(Is he not) one that accepted favour from Us, then goes<br />
:And casteth it into the abode of the Dark Powers?”<br />
:When the Proven, the Pure One heard this,<br />
:He prostrated himself before Him and bowed down,<br />
:He bowed himself and prostrated himself before Him,<br />
:And spoke great praise and said “How sublime is that<br />
:Which I have heard from You, and have accepted and established from You!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 40===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(He says), “I will speak to You, Mystic Perfection<br />
:That are hidden and protected by Your Veilings,<br />
:I will tell You, Mystic Perfection,<br />
:Secrets told by the uthras.<br />
:One that I had created according to Your plan<br />
:I sent to that world. How hideous<br />
:And without beauty was everything<br />
:That he saw in that world! A world of sons of salvation<br />
:Who were cause of Harm!<br />
:He that was noble here, they made him a slave yonder,<br />
:Yonder they made him a slave<br />
:And he suffered from the seven planets.<br />
:From the seven planets he suffered<br />
:And was tormented in the world.<br />
:He that went from hence rich<br />
:Was reduced to need in the world;<br />
:Yonder they made him their fellow<br />
:And he suffered at the hands of the Seven Planets,<br />
:At the hands of the Seven Planets he suffered<br />
:And was reduced to misery in the world<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:To the Proven, the Pure One.<br />
:To the Proven, Pure One he says,<br />
:“(Concerning) this, that one of thine uthras told you:<br />
:If this being of whom one of thine uthras spoke<br />
:Be virtuous, as (that uthra) said,<br />
:We will give you information —<br />
:We will create a world of fire,<br />
:And the planets that enslaved him shall go to fiery chains.<br />
:Pthahil, who made the earth, shall be baptized here<br />
:In the White Yardna. (There will be)<br />
:A thousand thousand Vestments<br />
:That will go forth to meet him, and Presences without limit.<br />
:Compassion they will have, and (he and they)<br />
:In ritual pact and peace will stretch forth their hands.<br />
:How sublime is that which You say to me I<br />
:You have reassured my heart!<br />
:You givest complete support and raisest up wholly,<br />
:You equippest with armour and givest enlightenment!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 41===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where the Almighty has power over Itself,<br />
:And its Presence is stedfast and bright,<br />
:Showing forth its Likeness in the Secret Place;<br />
:(To) the place where Their voice is lovely<br />
:And the sound of Their speech is sweet;<br />
:And sublime is the place in which the Great (Life) dwells,<br />
:And Their praise is unbounded — powerful (beings) shine in ordered array<br />
:And perform all that They desire;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Reveal to me the mysteries of Blessing (prayer);<br />
:And about the armour of their souls<br />
:And about the radiance transferred from Yourself”.<br />
:The Great (Life) (speaks) with pure mouth<br />
:And says to the Proven One, the Pure One,<br />
:“You are blessed from the place wherefrom We are blessed<br />
:And earnest into being from the place whence We came into being,<br />
:And from the place in which We were implanted.<br />
:You are trustworthy and your vivifying power is derived (from Us.)<br />
:Our radiance and your radiance are triumphant;<br />
:Triumphant is the nasiruta that is of Us,<br />
:And triumphant are those whom We summon into it,<br />
:And their eyes shall open in radiance and light”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 42===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:When, all filled with innocency<br />
:And all bright with saintliness,<br />
:When, beauteous in his great radiance<br />
:And coming with pure (spirits)<br />
:He comes to that place,<br />
:He the Proven, Pure One, says,<br />
:Speaking to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Support my words!<br />
:(Let) there be thrones,<br />
:And in the world of light we will set them up.<br />
:We will set them up so that uthras shall sit<br />
:Thereon and place themselves (thereon),<br />
:So that their ranks shine thereon,<br />
:And with their words they will edify them thereon,<br />
:So that their ordered array may beseem their splendour<br />
:And honourable (office) when they sit on the thrones,<br />
:Upon the thrones, and shine with a steady light”,<br />
:He, the Great (Life) that dwells in that place, speaks with pure mouth<br />
:Speaketh with pure mouth and says to the Proven One the Pure One,<br />
:“A Helper are you, and pure is all that you desirest!<br />
:Go! Do (your, will)”.<br />
:“According to Your will and mine<br />
:I have constructed thrones,<br />
:Thrones I have established,<br />
:And have instructed the uthras that sit on them,<br />
:The uthras that sit thereon I have instructed.<br />
:And they praise the Great (Life) that counselled me,<br />
:(And) they praise myself, every one of them<br />
:(Because) I constructed his throne for him.<br />
:They stood, the uthras, and praised that which I sought<br />
:And found, through the goodness of the Life,<br />
:Their Support.<br />
<br />
:Harmonized is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man that goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 43===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes,<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells.<br />
:Whose vesture becomes him and maketh him<br />
:Greater than all the uthras,<br />
:Because he beheld the Form of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because he beholdeth the Likeness of the Great (Life);<br />
:Because Their radiance controlled his thought.<br />
:(Yes) their thought they poured out to one another,<br />
:And pray a prayer for the uthras.<br />
:All uthras trust one another<br />
:Love one another in sincerity.<br />
:There is no division amongst them<br />
:Such as the Second brought about,<br />
:So they are undivided from one another<br />
:All are armed with one armour,<br />
:In one armour are they clad.<br />
:And their speech is one in sincerity,<br />
:In sincerity their speech is one.<br />
:And they dwell in lovely light,<br />
:In lovely light do they dwell<br />
:And praise the Being who increased them,<br />
:And the Being whose love filled them,<br />
:And His tranquillity and love rested upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised, and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 44===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place of Perfection — great is he, the good (Spirit)!<br />
:His course was taken towards his Father,<br />
:Towards his Father was his course set,<br />
:To say to him, in the Hidden Place,<br />
:That which is sublime and precious.<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:In the home of splendour honour shall abide:<br />
:Dignity shall find habitation therein.<br />
:And uthras will seek one another therein;<br />
:Uthras will seek one another in prayer<br />
:And will pray to one another. Each will reverence his brother<br />
:His brother each will reverence,<br />
:According to the counsel which went thither from You”.<br />
<br />
:“You are empowered, great (Spirit);<br />
:Go! Honour shall abide in that place:<br />
:Dignity shall rest on that place<br />
:And with your glory and Ours they will become glorious.<br />
:With that (same) glory they will become glorious<br />
:And receive the blessing that We sent them<br />
:And show Us gratitude. The uthras shall know<br />
:That you are greater than all uthras<br />
:(For) you revealest and showest them the light<br />
:And givest them the praise”.<br />
<br />
:“I went, I went yonder: yonder I went.<br />
:I caused blessing to rest upon them.<br />
:The blessing I shed on them they receive<br />
:And bless You with a benediction.<br />
:A benediction they pronounce upon You<br />
:And worship You with praise.<br />
:With praise they worship You and establish Your Word:<br />
:Your Word they establish, and depart not from You”<br />
<br />
:Priests in secret bless the great (Spirit)<br />
:That honoured them and caused honour to rest upon them.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 45===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place where dwells Perfection<br />
:— And it is hidden within Itself and is (self)-constituted —<br />
:He goes towards Him and uttered a sublime saying:<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life)<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life)<br />
:To accept my speech, there shall be pure signings;<br />
:And there shall be protection without limit.<br />
:There shall be armament, Your, wherewith<br />
:The uthras will be equipped.<br />
:(Yes) uthras shall be equipped therewith.<br />
:You shall equip them with Good-Faith and Good-Heed<br />
:Nor will they repose when You have armed them<br />
:With Good-Faith and Good-Heed,<br />
:(But) will keep silence and observe obedience,<br />
:Thinking like You and acting like You.<br />
:And their deeds will be honest,<br />
:Honest will be their deeds.<br />
:And zealous counsels shall issue from them.<br />
:And they will advise one another<br />
:And will unite great and small in communion.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 46===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection abides,<br />
:To the place where speech is mild,<br />
:Its appearance fair; and luminous and lovely<br />
:Are those that dwell there, and their souls<br />
:Utterly righteous; Kušṭa and Mzarzuta.<br />
:(Are) at their head, in their place.<br />
:And they discern, know and distinguish<br />
:And are guarded in the thoughts of their souls.<br />
:The Proven One, the Pure One speaks,<br />
:Saying to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:Bring forth Your Treasury;<br />
:Open up, show forth Your Treasury<br />
:And take from it a gracious boon<br />
:A gracious boon bring forth from it,<br />
:And grant to me a servant.<br />
:A servant give to me<br />
:In whom there is no lacking or fault.<br />
:And through him, bring to me my brethren<br />
:And through him, bring me all my sons,<br />
:My children bring to me.<br />
:(So that) by him and by You they may be restored,<br />
:And be raised up in Your resurrection<br />
:(And) be blessed with the blessing<br />
:That proceedeth from Yourself”.<br />
<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) considered good,<br />
:They planned that which the great (spirit) schemed.<br />
:Uthras adore and praise; uthras worship and praise<br />
:The Being that opened His Treasury,<br />
:The Being that sent them a precious (gift)<br />
:The uthras made obeisance and were grateful for all.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 47===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the Place whose unsullied image<br />
:Inspireth deep reverence, he (the Pure One) speaks<br />
:And said to the Great (Life) whose image is unsullied,<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will open up a Light-Euphrates;<br />
:A Light-Euphrates we will open up<br />
:And set therein a sturdy root<br />
:So that from the root Pure Vines will appear<br />
:Who will offer up praise to You;<br />
:So that from the vines that appear<br />
:Sprouts may grow out, healthy offshoots;<br />
:So that from the offshoots that show forth<br />
:Reward and oblation may be set up;<br />
:There may be set up reward and oblation,<br />
:Instituted in the congregation of souls,<br />
:Set up in the congregation of souls.<br />
:From it water will be supplied abundantly<br />
:And security assured to all Rays-of-Light.<br />
:All will be filled with faith<br />
:And put their trust in You”.<br />
:“You say, and you shall establish (this)!<br />
:Confirm it, and cause it to succeed”.<br />
:“I came and I opened up a Light-Euphrates<br />
:And established therein a baptism that is efficaciouss.<br />
:I set thereby a sturdy root<br />
:That gives forth light and is bright<br />
:And will not be cut down”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 48===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place where speech is pleasant<br />
:And speech sublime and foreign (to this world);<br />
:To the place where personality existeth not, nor manhood;<br />
:(He says to the Great Life)<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:We will set up a Pure Crystal; a Pure Crystal we will set up;<br />
:And hidden things that are therein will be established.<br />
:The uthra Hibil shall come;<br />
:He will dwell on the Euphrates and guard it:<br />
:At his right hand will come two beings.<br />
:Three dwellings shall be set up, shall be founded.<br />
:Blessing shall be made to rest thereon;<br />
:Thereon there shall rest a blessing.<br />
:(Of) the secret things hidden therein one shall be a Pearl<br />
:That enlightens all darkened hearts.<br />
:They will be filled with faith,<br />
:And those that are stumbling-blocks<br />
:Will be corrected thereby.<br />
:He that is aroused thereby will arise;<br />
:But he that is a cause of stumbling<br />
:Shall perish on the spot.<br />
:He who is worthy, deserving and perfect<br />
:Shall not be cut off from his place;<br />
:He shall be confirmed in his trustfulness.<br />
:And Life will be his support,<br />
:His support will be the Life<br />
:And he will be protected in the place of souls”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Hymn 49===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of Safekeeping, (the place)<br />
:That expresseth the glory of the Great (Life),<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life),<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:I will speak a word, and rely You upon it!<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life), let us arrange<br />
:This, a secret and appointed watch over the man; his guardian.<br />
:I will remain and will guard him well.<br />
:Seek him, lift him up to Yourself:<br />
:So that he will come and will behold Your Countenance;<br />
:(So that) he will come and will take Your right hand in fealty.<br />
:He will rise up and will hear Your speech that is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 50===<br />
:“You have spoken!<br />
::And seek you him out, seek him,<br />
:Bring him hither,<br />
::and the Life will be mindful of your goodness”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 51===<br />
:(Bringing?) great radiance and boundless light<br />
:Bringing radiance that was great,<br />
:I went to the secret guardian. I arrived.<br />
:“Rise up!” (I said to him), “Rise up!<br />
:Watchers are many. You have kept your watch:<br />
:Arise, put on (the robes) that the Great (Life) sent you<br />
:And go towards Him. Come! He has required you with Him<br />
:And I have required you, so come with us<br />
:And listen to Their speech, which is sublime”.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 52===<br />
:“The Great (Life) has stretched forth His right hand to you!<br />
::Put away passion from your thought.<br />
:Your thought shall be filled with Ours,<br />
::And your garment and Our garment shall be one”.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:These two “responses” and two hymns are to be recited for the owner of a crown (i. e. priest) when you celebratest his wedding. Recite them after the chant “To the place where speech is pleasant”. And read “The novice in the cult-hut” and “He stretched forth His right hand to the novice in the cult-hut”,<br />
:But do not read them for the wedding of a Mandaean (layman). Be careful, for they are read (only) for the owner of a crown (a priest). And then read the prayer “To go and to perform His works” to its end.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 53===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure one goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:(In order) to go and perform His works<br />
:To institute therein a guardian<br />
:(And) to appoint him, (he saiih to the Great Life)<br />
<br />
:“I, whom the Great (Life) commanded<br />
:To show him all the dwellings,<br />
:I, the First (Life), enlightened him.<br />
:Because of me, the uthras were tranquil,<br />
:The uthras were tranquil for my sake.<br />
:And the Rays-of-Light ranged themselves in ordered array,<br />
:All of them shone in one another’s radiance,<br />
:And light was established in all minds.<br />
:Over all the works that I had made<br />
:I set the Great (Life).<br />
:And I became their guardian,<br />
:A guardian I became to them<br />
:And upheld all the worlds of light in their place”.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works<br />
::And victorious is the man who goes hence.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 54===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells,<br />
:To the place of veiled radiance,<br />
:(Where) His Likeness is beauteous;<br />
:The Proven Pure One speaks<br />
:And says to the Great (Life): —<br />
<br />
:“Your disciple am I, for I grasped<br />
:And understood some of Your wisdom.<br />
:I stood before You like a son that stands before his father.<br />
:You spoke to me and I listened<br />
:And that which You did command I did.<br />
:The glory which You did bestow on me<br />
:I transmitted to all the worlds of light.<br />
:That which You did vouchsafe to me,<br />
:I bestowed on the Rays-of-Light.<br />
:From You I have not departed<br />
:And the speech of others existed not for me”.<br />
<br />
:The Great (Life) praises the Proven One, the Pure One<br />
:With His pure mouth, (saying) to him,<br />
:To the Proven One, who had made report;<br />
:“How submissive and humble you are, Yawar!<br />
:What a smoothener and peacemaker you are!<br />
:You make uthras agree, and pacify them<br />
:And givest stability to the Rays-of-Light!”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Hymn 55===<br />
:When the Proven One, the Pure One goes<br />
:To the place where Perfection dwells<br />
:To the place of the Sublime One<br />
:That resteth within His (self-) appointed limit,<br />
:Within an appointed limit He resteth<br />
:And dwells within the beauteous place;<br />
:The Proven, Pure One speaks,<br />
:He says to the Great (Life),<br />
<br />
:“If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Mighty (Life),<br />
:If it please You, Great (Life),<br />
:The works that I have performed shall be confirmed;<br />
:They shall be confirmed, the works that I accomplished<br />
:And all that I did in Your presence.<br />
:And these words that I have uttered before You<br />
:Will be confirmed before You.<br />
:They will realise my vision.<br />
:I have acted as You did desire”.<br />
<br />
:When the Proven Pure One had spoken thus,<br />
:The Great (Life) rejoiced thereat and embraced him<br />
:And kissed him with His pure mouth;<br />
:And He vailed him with esoteric vails<br />
:With esoteric vails He covered him over.<br />
:And a Cloud that emanated from Himself<br />
:He spread over him, covering the great (spirit),<br />
:So that He hid him therein and established him therein.<br />
:All the uthras call him “Maintainer of Order”;<br />
:All call him “He-that-ennobles-every-thought”<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19 (klila)===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
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<br />
Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite #72;<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer #72,<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite #72.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be '''Life'''<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure '''Yušamin''',<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''',<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''', and '''Anuš'''<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite "Good is the good for the good";<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer "Good is the good for the good",<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite "Good is the Good for the good".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "(myrtle-)wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the klila upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the klila is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the klila is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the klila.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The klila flames and the leaves of the klila flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh klila on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism klila.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt klila,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our klila.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (klila) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-klila,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the klila;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set klila on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The klila flames<br />
::and the leaves of the klila flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the klila with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Ṣauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper faṭira and the undermost faṭira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a klila and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the klila in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living klilas, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And says to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And says,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he says,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living klila!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be Life<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure Yušamin,<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of klila<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living klilas!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a klila and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite "Good is the good for the good";<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer "Good is the good for the good",<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-klila<br />
::they twisted them a klila<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A klila from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A klila like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite "Good is the Good for the good".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a klila of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and says to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you klilas,<br />
::A klila of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your klilas<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your klilas<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a klila for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living klilas.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living klilas on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living klila!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living klila.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a klila of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A klila of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "myrtle-wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the wreath upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the wreath is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the wreath is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the wreath.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The wreath flames and the leaves of the wreath flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you go to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reach (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you give no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh wreath on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism wreath.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You were established, First Life;<br />
::you were in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt wreath,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You were established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our wreath.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you were raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you were in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you were in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you did hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (wreath) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-wreath,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the wreath;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set wreath on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The wreath flames<br />
::and the leaves of the wreath flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the wreath with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Sauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its wreath is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper fatira and the undermost fatira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the wreath in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living wreaths, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And saith to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And saith,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he saith,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living wreath!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be Life<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure Yušamin,<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of wreath<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living wreaths!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite "Good is the good for the good";<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer "Good is the good for the good",<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-wreath<br />
::they twisted them a wreath<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A wreath from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A wreath like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite "Good is the Good for the good".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you read a masiqta.<br />
:When you perform a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distribute oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partake of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a wreath of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You came and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom did you behold<br />
::that you did turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom did you behold<br />
::and (at what) did you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why did You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrows<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And brings reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blessed is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You did travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You were revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You were revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and saith to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You came:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You came.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You go."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You come and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You prepare Yourself to come<br />
::And did depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:did not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You came and did open a door,<br />
:You did level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Did set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And did knit together a community.<br />
:You were Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And did knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Did build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And did bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you wreaths,<br />
::A wreath of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your wreaths<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your wreaths<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you know about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you know it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::call the caller,<br />
::nourish the nourisher,<br />
::build the builder,<br />
::exalt horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and set up a road,<br />
::and do knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takes out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a wreath for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and take up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living wreaths.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living wreaths on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You go not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you did perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living wreath!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Were not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you were not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you were transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you were transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living wreath.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you did spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a wreath of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A wreath of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bring to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "myrtle-wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the wreath upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the wreath is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the wreath is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the wreath.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The wreath flames and the leaves of the wreath flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you goest to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reachest (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you givest no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh wreath on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism wreath.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You wast established, First Life;<br />
::you wast in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt wreath,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You wast established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealing prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our wreath.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you wast in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you wast in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you didst hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (wreath) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-wreath,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the wreath;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set wreath on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The wreath flames<br />
::and the leaves of the wreath flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the wreath with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Sauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its wreath is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper fatira and the undermost fatira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the wreath in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living wreaths, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And saith to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And saith,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he saith,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living wreath!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be Life<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure Yušamin,<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of wreath<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living wreaths!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite "Good is the good for the good";<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer "Good is the good for the good",<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-wreath<br />
::they twisted them a wreath<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A wreath from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A wreath like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite "Good is the Good for the good".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you readest a masiqta.<br />
:When you performest a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distributest oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partakest of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a wreath of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You camest and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom didst you behold<br />
::that you didst turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom didst you behold<br />
::and (at what) didst you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why didst You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrowest<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And bringest reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blest is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You didst travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You wast revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You wast revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and saith to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You camest:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You camest.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You goest."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You comest and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You preparest Yourself to come<br />
::And didst depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:didst not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You camest and didst open a door,<br />
:You didst level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Didst set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And didst knit together a community.<br />
:You wast Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And didst knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Didst build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And didst bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you wreaths,<br />
::A wreath of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your wreaths<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your wreaths<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you knowest about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you knowest it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::callest the caller,<br />
::nourishest the nourisher,<br />
::buildest the builder,<br />
::exaltest horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and settest up a road,<br />
::and dost knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takest out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a wreath for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and takest up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living wreaths.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living wreaths on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You goest not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you didst perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living wreath!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Wast not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you wast not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you wast transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you wast transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living wreath.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you didst spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a wreath of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A wreath of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bringest to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
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Below are the first 103 prayers of the ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
<br />
Elizabethan morphology has been converted into that of modern English. "Jordan" has been changed into ''yardna'', and "myrtle-wreath" and "circlet" into ''klila''. Names for Manda ḏ-Hiia have been standardized.<br />
<br />
==Book of Souls==<br />
===Prelude===<br />
:My Lord be praised!<br />
<br />
:In the name of the Great First Other-Worldly Life!<br />
<br />
:From far-off worlds of light<br />
::that are above all works<br />
:may there be healing, victory, soundness, speech<br />
::and a hearing, joy of heart and forgiving of sins<br />
:for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
::through the strength of Yawar-Ziwa and Simat-Hiia!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 1 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life<br />
::and in the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest<br />
::and preceded water, radiance, light and glory,<br />
:the Being who cried with His voice<br />
::and uttered words.<br />
<br />
:By means of His voice and His words<br />
::Vines grew and came into being,<br />
:and the First Life<br />
::was established in its Abode.<br />
<br />
:And He spoke and said,<br />
:"The '''First Life''' is anterior to the Second Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' anterior to the Third Life by 6,000 myriad years<br />
::and the '''Third Life''' more ancient than any 'uthra by 6,000 myriad years.<br />
:And any 'uthra is older than the whole earth<br />
::and older than the Seven Lords of the House by 770,000 myriad years.<br />
:There is that which is infinite.<br />
<br />
:At that time there was no solid earth<br />
::and no inhabitants in the black waters.<br />
:From them, from those black waters,<br />
::Evil was formed and emerged,<br />
:One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded<br />
::and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.<br />
<br />
:The Seven were wroth with me,<br />
::were outraged and said,<br />
:"The man who set out and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!"<br />
<br />
:Then I turned my face toward my Creator who created me,<br />
::the celestial Lord of Greatness,<br />
:and I said to Him,<br />
::"O my Creator who created me,<br />
:(O) Lord of lofty Greatness!<br />
::As I went (my ways) the Seven were wroth with me and said,<br />
:'The man who went and came towards us<br />
::has not bound a klila about his head!'"<br />
<br />
:Then that Lord of Lofty Greatness took<br />
::a klila of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and set it on my head;<br />
<br />
:He laid on me His hand of Truth<br />
::and His great right hand of healings<br />
:and said to me,<br />
:"Upon you shall rest somesing of the likeness<br />
::of Sam-Gufna and of Sam-Gufaian and of Sam-Pira-Hiwara,<br />
:whose radiance gleams<br />
::and whose appearance beams,<br />
:for they are holy and believing beings<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the everlasting Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Manda ḏ-Hiia, the valorous 'uthra,<br />
::taught, revealed and said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean man who is righteous and believing,<br />
::on arising from sleep,<br />
:must take a white turban<br />
::symbolising the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:and shall recite this prayer thereon.<br />
<br />
:And he shall twist it round his head<br />
::and repeat the prayer secretly.<br />
:It will be his praise<br />
::in the house of the great Celestial Father.<br />
:And all persons who behold him<br />
::will be subdued in his presence:<br />
:any persecutor, or one who incits to wrath,<br />
::will stand before him<br />
:in fear, terror and trembling,<br />
::(their knees) knocking together.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::who have prayed this prayer and (these) devotions,<br />
:there will be forgiving of sins<br />
::and I shall be pure in all my words.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 2===<br />
:Illumined and illuminating is Zihrun,<br />
::the great Mystery of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:from whom Manda ḏ-Hiia emanated and was divulged,<br />
::and from whose very Self noble sons of the mighty and sublime Life proceeded.<br />
:He created 'uthras at his right and his left<br />
::and installed them in their own škintas,<br />
:And they gave out light<br />
::and were effulgent in their own raiment<br />
::and gloried in the knowledge<br />
:::that their Father had transplanted them from the House of Life.<br />
:And it is incumbent on a pupil<br />
::to honour his Master like his parents,<br />
:(so) the 'uthras rose on (their?) thrones of radiance, light and glory<br />
::and took off the crowns on their heads<br />
:and placed them on the thrones of radiance, light and glory,<br />
:saying,<br />
:"A teacher is superior to parents!<br />
::Rise, our Father, in praise,<br />
:and lay on me Your hand of truth<br />
::and Your great right hand of healings!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is the opening prayer of "In the name of that First Being"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 3 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Life created Yawar-Ziwa, son of Light-of-Life,<br />
::Hamgai-Ziwa son of Hamgagai-Ziwa.<br />
:Illumined and illuminating<br />
::is the Great Mystery of Radiance,<br />
:Zihrun, a Crown of radiance, light and glory<br />
::from whom a flow of living water<br />
:::streamed out to the škintas.<br />
:For he is the revealer (lit. opener) of radiance and light<br />
::and displays his treasure which emanated from him,<br />
:::to eager 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:All worlds adore and praise the mighty First Life in its Indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of the turban]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 4===<br />
:As the 'uthras stand in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise the Great Place<br />
:in the Light which is eternal,<br />
::and praise Manda ḏ-Hiia and speak with him.<br />
<br />
:When the 'uthras are standing in their škintas<br />
::they adore and praise that Tarwan-Nhura.<br />
:To what shall they dedicate the wreath upon their heads<br />
::and upon what shall they hang it?<br />
:They dedicate it to the Tree of Radiance<br />
::and hang it (thereon).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of dedication of "Life created Yawar-Ziwa"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 5 (burzinqa)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Let there be light,<br />
::let there be light!<br />
:Let there be the light<br />
::of the Great First Life!<br />
:There shone forth wisdom,<br />
::vigilance and praise of the First Mana<br />
:::which came from its place.<br />
<br />
:He who twins the wreath is Yufin-Yufafin:<br />
::the bringer of the wreath is 'It-'Nṣibat-'utria.<br />
<br />
:'It-Yawar son of 'Nṣibat-'utria set on the wreath.<br />
::He brought it and placed it upon the head of the implanted mana<br />
::which was transplanted from guarded (?) manas.<br />
::The wreath flames and the leaves of the wreath flame!<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is light,<br />
::behind the Mana glory,<br />
:and at either side of the Mana<br />
::radiance, brilliance and purity.<br />
:And at the four corners of the House<br />
::and the seven sides of the firmanent silence,<br />
:bliss and glory prevail (lit. are found).<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer for the turban.<br />
:Read it and set it on your head.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 6 (loosing)===<br />
:A crown of ether-fight shone forth dazzlingly<br />
::from the House of Life.<br />
:'Uthras brought it<br />
::from the House of Life<br />
:and the mighty First Life<br />
::established it in His škintas.<br />
<br />
:He who sets it up<br />
::shall be set up<br />
:and he who uplifts it<br />
::shall be raised up<br />
:::into the world of light<br />
:and he who establishes it<br />
::into the enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:Ye are established and uplifted to the place<br />
::(in which) righteous (beings) are established.<br />
<br />
:And life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer of #6, #5.<br />
:These three prayers #1, #3, #5<br />
:read near your crown and place it on your head.<br />
:And read #19<br />
:over the klila and put it on your head above your crown.<br />
:And twine a klila for your staff and hold it with your crown.<br />
:And when you goest to the yardna read "Answer me, Father, answer me!]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 7 (pandama)===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:There shall be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened and enhanced<br />
::is the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
:which rests on the mouth of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:For from it came into being<br />
::and was manifest Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:who knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life,<br />
::which are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and hold your pandama for your baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 8 (riha)===<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''mighty, first, sublime Life''' from, worlds of light,<br />
::the Ineffable above all works!<br />
::for the ancient Radiance and for the Primal Light,<br />
::for the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and for Truth (Kušṭa) that was pristine, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yukabar-Ziwa'''<br />
::who was mighty in his radiance,<br />
::and came in his light and his glory (as) messenger to the first righteous elect (people).<br />
::He crossed over the worlds and came and rent the firmament and revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for '''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
::source of Life,<br />
::who interprets silence and gives hope<br />
::and takes the prayers of spirits and souls of righteous and believing men,<br />
::the virtuous and well pleasing,<br />
::into the Place of Light and into the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''Father of 'uthras''',<br />
::the Ancient, Lofty, Occult and Guarded,<br />
::the Man who is high (yet) remains deep and hidden.<br />
::He sees and understands that which the worlds and generations do in the worlds of darkness.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense, that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Life'''<br />
::and the planting of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of four beings''', sons of Perfection.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes for the '''dwelling of Abathur'''.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''dwelling of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš''',<br />
::sons of a living, brilliant, healthy and steadfast stock,<br />
::beings not removed by sword,<br />
::nor burnt by flames of fire,<br />
::nor drowned in water-floods;<br />
::whose (very) sandal-straps on their feet are unwetted by water.<br />
::They sought and found,<br />
::went to judgment and were vindicated,<br />
::spoke and were heard.<br />
::They are complete,<br />
::lacking in nought;<br />
::perfect are they and not imperfect.<br />
::They came from a pure place and go to a pure place.<br />
<br />
:Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:incense that is fragrant!<br />
::yes, for the '''lives of the men who were our ancestors''',<br />
::of righteous and believing men who rendered up (their souls)<br />
::and departed from their bodies;<br />
::and of those who yet live in their bodies.<br />
::They testified and the door of Sin will be shut to them<br />
::and the door of light open to them<br />
::and they will be knit together in the union of Life,<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
::Pray ye for us from there,<br />
::and we will pray from here for you!<br />
::All fruits perish;<br />
::all sweet odours vanish,<br />
::(but) the perfume of Life is established for ever<br />
::and unto world's end upon those who love His name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:Those souls who descend to the yardna and are baptised<br />
::shall be without sins, trespasses, follies, mistakes and evil deeds:<br />
:they will rise and behold<br />
::the great Place of Light and the Eternal Abode.<br />
<br />
:And praised be the Great Life in light.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This saying,<br />
:"Incense that is fragrant,<br />
:yes for the First Life"<br />
:recite over both incense and sandalwood and put them before you on the yardna-bank in a new incense-pan.<br />
:And make a fresh fire on the copper incense-pan – (these) are aids of all order which ye carried,<br />
:put (lit. "performed") at the yardna.<br />
:Then read the baptismal "We acknowledged"<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Life",<br />
:"I sought to raise eyes"<br />
:(Prayer 77) and "Raising eyes".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 9 (ziwa)===<br />
:Raising my eyes and lifting up my countenance<br />
::toward the Place which is all portals<br />
:::of radiance, light, glory, beauty, repute and honour<br />
::and to the Abode which is all beams of light;<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the Mighty, Strange (other-worldly) '''Life''',<br />
::and the '''Second Life''' and the '''Third Life''';<br />
::and '''Yufin-Yufafin''',<br />
::Sam'''-Mana-Smira''',<br />
::and the '''Vine''' which is all Life<br />
::and the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
:I adore, laud and worship<br />
::the precious and guarded '''Place''',<br />
::the secret and guarded '''manas'''<br />
::and the '''Lord of Greatness''' from the Secret Place and,<br />
::from the Hidden Place, the '''pihta''', '''need''' (?), '''truth''' and '''faith'''.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Sam-Smira''',<br />
:::the great radiancy of the First Life,<br />
:::son of the Great Primal Life who thought and was manifest,<br />
:::seeking His own:<br />
:::His shekhinah rests on waves of water.<br />
:::The assembly of souls which proceeded from Him,<br />
:::on the Last Day,<br />
:::when they leave their bodies,<br />
:::will rejoice in Him,<br />
:::will embrace Him and will rise up<br />
:::and behold the outer Ether and the everlasting Abode.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the multitudinous '''Radiancies''' and great mighty '''Lights''':<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Piriawis''',<br />
:::the great Yardna of the First Life<br />
:::which is all healings.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who abids on treasures of the waters<br />
:::and upon mighty celestial wellsprings of light.<br />
:I adore, laud and praise<br />
::the '''Life''' which proceeded<br />
::from Life and the Truth which existed before,<br />
::in the Beginning.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::envoy of the Life<br />
:::and the Word of the first Elect Righteous ones.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::the Ancient, Supernal, Occult and Guarded '''Abathur''',<br />
:::who is high, hidden and guarded,<br />
:::whose throne is placed at the gate of the House of Life.<br />
:::He sits with the scales set before him,<br />
:::weighing deeds and (their) recompense.<br />
:::He sees and discerns that which the worlds and generations do.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Manda ḏ-Hiia''' lord of healings,<br />
:::the being whom the Life summoned and bade him heal the congregation of souls,<br />
:::divesting the congregation of souls of (their) darkness and clothing them with light;<br />
:::raising (them) and showing them that a great restoration of life exists,<br />
:::a place where the spirits and souls of our forefathers sit clothed in radiance and covered with light;<br />
:::showing the great restoration of life which is before them.<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
:::the two delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:::who rule over the great yardna of Life,<br />
:::for they baptise with the great baptism of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 10 (yardna)===<br />
:On the day that the Yardna was bestowed upon Sam-Smir,<br />
::the great pure radiance of the First Life<br />
:::which flowed forth from Him,<br />
:Bihram and Ram-Rba-Hiia went with him<br />
::(and?) 444,000 myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:::who descended to the yardna.<br />
:He baptised them and they rose to the bank.<br />
::He raised them up and conferred upon them some of the glory<br />
:::and some of the greatness which was (conferred) on himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 11===<br />
:I have worshipped and praised that '''Yawar-Ziwa'''<br />
::whose dwelling is situated in the world of Outer Ether and in the Enduring Abode.<br />
:I have worshipped and praised the '''seven holy and guarded manas'''<br />
::which were transplanted from it.<br />
:I sought in prayer the First Life,<br />
::and, in the presence of the mighty sublime Life,<br />
:discovered that which offends<br />
::in myself, (in me), Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and about what which causes my friends to offend,<br />
::and my friends' friends and the friends of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Pray these three prayers,<br />
:"Raising eyes",<br />
:"The day that the Yardna was bestowed"<br />
:and "I have worshipped and praised that Yawar-Ziwa"<br />
:on the yardna-bank after "I sought to raise eyes".<br />
:They are the helpers (aids to) baptism.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 12 (yardna)===<br />
:I am Yur son of Barit (I shone forth).<br />
::In great effulgence the radiance glowed (with heat?).<br />
:The tanna dissolved and a dwelling came into being,<br />
::a dwelling came into existence and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read this prayer and grasp your kanzala (stole).<br />
:It is the opening prayer for the yardna.<br />
:Then recite "I went to the yardna"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 13===<br />
:I went to the yardna,<br />
::but not I alone,<br />
:(for) Šilmai and Nidbai, my helpers,<br />
::went with me to the yardna;<br />
:Hibil and Šitil and Anuš<br />
::went with me to the yardna<br />
:they who baptise<br />
::with the great baptism of Life.<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::give free movement to the limbs of my body!<br />
<br />
:I go down before these souls<br />
::whom the Life deliveres and saves,<br />
:and protects these souls from all that is evil<br />
::and from those who give nothing, but take away;<br />
:and from those who lend nothing<br />
::and (yet) are paid back;<br />
:and from evil spirits which hasted<br />
::yet did not arrive,<br />
:and from liliths which fell down<br />
::and did not arise.<br />
<br />
:Their hands fell (powerless) on their knees;<br />
::their eyes were blinded and unable to see<br />
:and their ears became deaf and unable to hear.<br />
<br />
:In your names, Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::and through the strength of Hibil, Šitil and Anuš,<br />
:secure, seal and guard these souls<br />
::who go down to the yardna and will be baptised,<br />
:by the great seal of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::the healer, whose strength none can attain.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite until you reachest (the words) "Piriafil, loosen the limbs" (etc.).<br />
:And descend (into the water) up to a fourth of your thighs.<br />
:If you are baptising a single soul,<br />
:say "my body, and I go down before this the soul of N."<br />
:If there are several souls,<br />
:recite as written (above),<br />
:and at the place where it said "secure, seal and guard"<br />
:say "secure, seal and guard this soul of N, and establish it"<br />
:and then recite your saying over the staff.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 14 (margna)===<br />
:In the names of Yusmir the First Vine,<br />
::from whom Yawar took a staff of water<br />
:and went to the bank of the yardna,<br />
::covered, as it were, with radiance<br />
:and clothed in light.<br />
<br />
:Over it he pronounced secret sayings – these mystic names:<br />
:"In the name of Yusmir-Yusamir,<br />
::and of Sam-Mana-Smira;<br />
:in the name of Hauran-Hauraran<br />
::by which the first Yawar raised up 'uthras,<br />
:flourishing Vines of life,<br />
::in the yardna.<br />
:By it Hibil raises up<br />
::living souls in the yardna,<br />
:those worthy of the great Place of Light<br />
::and of the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:By it they will be established<br />
::and raised up in the House of the Mighty Life.<br />
:It will raise these soul<br />
::who go down to the yardna and are baptised:<br />
:they will behold the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This saying is for the staff.<br />
:Recite it over the olivewood staff and stick it into the yardna (-bed),<br />
:then recite the baptism(-al prayers).]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 15===<br />
:Bound is the sea,<br />
::bound are the two banks of the sea!<br />
:Bound are the devils and demons,<br />
::the demon-visitants,<br />
::haunting spirits,<br />
::and satanic amulet-spirits.<br />
:Bound are the 360 mysteries<br />
::that are in the House!<br />
<br />
:I am secured and sealed,<br />
::I, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and these souls who are descending to the yardna<br />
::and will be sealed<br />
::by the seal of the Mighty Sublime Life,<br />
:::and by the great MA<br />
:::and the great YA<br />
:::and the great BAZ<br />
:::and by the great AZIZ<br />
:::and by the great AS<br />
:::and by the great ASIN<br />
:::and by the sea (of?) AS.<br />
:Bound are (Magian) priests,<br />
::slaughterers,<br />
::priests who cut up victims,<br />
::scorners,<br />
::those who make evil signs<br />
::and the seven mysteries which are in the sea.<br />
:Every demon (exorcised) by name,<br />
::every evil spirit by his appelation,<br />
::every amulet-spirit<br />
::and all idol-demons<br />
:::who raise their heads<br />
:::and show their countenances,<br />
:::lifting themselves in pride<br />
::::against the Sublime Being<br />
:::and directing their evil eye<br />
::::towards these souls who are going to the yardna,<br />
:shall be struck down and smitten<br />
::by Yaha-Yaha<br />
::and by Zha-Zha<br />
::and by angels<br />
:::which where sent<br />
:::and come against them.<br />
:Flee in fear before them!<br />
::and before the glory which is mighty upon them.<br />
:Depart in fear and avaunt!<br />
::Seven walls of iron have been set around me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
::with which Haiašum,<br />
::the first Kušṭa,<br />
:surrounded himself.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 16===<br />
:I am a perfected gem:<br />
::into the midst of the worlds and ages<br />
:::am I cast down.<br />
:I am an iron club,<br />
::a great rocky crag.<br />
<br />
:Any demon that dashes himself against me will be shattered<br />
::and if I strike at him he will be dashed to pieces.<br />
:Any demon which reares its head,<br />
:any amulet-imp which sets its countenance against these souls in malice, overlooking them,<br />
::will be thrashed and struck by 'Usfar-Manharbiel-'Staqlus,<br />
:the little child who dwells upon pure springs of light,<br />
::(yes) beaten with the mace of water by which Fire was beaten out and extinguished;<br />
:(and) by the strength of Mān the Healer<br />
::and by the strength of elect righteous (men).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 17===<br />
:Avaunt! flee in fear<br />
::all (ye) evil, restricting, wrathful spirits!<br />
:Flee, be gone, be vanquished and brought to nought<br />
::before the glory and light of Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Piriawis-Ziwa and Piriafil-Malaka<br />
::have set moving the limbs of my body:<br />
:I descend (to the Yardna) before these steadfast,<br />
::flourishing souls of the living.<br />
<br />
:Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::fly, approach, arrive!<br />
:Bear ye witness to these souls<br />
::who are going down to the yardna to be baptised.<br />
:Ye four 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::Rhum-Hai, 'In-Hai, Šum-Hai and Zamar-Hai,<br />
:be ye my witnesses<br />
::on the great day of departure (from the body).<br />
<br />
:Great Yardna of Life,<br />
::I laud you and adjure you<br />
:by 'Uṣar-Nhura (Treasure-of-Light),<br />
::the great solace and support of life,<br />
:that you givest no room to evil beings<br />
::(who are) against these souls who go down into you.<br />
<br />
:Healing shall be theirs<br />
::in the name of the Sublime (Strange) Life from worlds (of light).<br />
<br />
:May Life be established in Its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 18===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Piriawis, the great yardna of the First Life,<br />
::which is all healings,<br />
:is afire like the glory flaming in the Tanna.<br />
<br />
:When Life was ardent and life burst forth<br />
::in the great glory which flames therein,<br />
:Life arose and founded its dwelling above the Tanna.<br />
::The radiance waxed ardent,<br />
:the Tanna dissolved.<br />
::They opened the waters<br />
:and Life was established by its own waters.<br />
::Yur (brilliant light) established Yur:<br />
:Life was increased in power by its own radiance<br />
::and by the great glory which flamed in It.<br />
<br />
:And in the waters Life established living (creatures);<br />
::above the the waters fruit appeared and a dwelling was founded.<br />
<br />
:You do I invoke, great Yardna of Life,<br />
::by (in the name of) Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great support and solace of the Life,<br />
:and by pure Yušamin who dwells<br />
::upon the treasures of the waters<br />
::and upon wellsprings of light;<br />
:by Yusmir, the being<br />
::who united with water;<br />
:by Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::who sit at the Gate of Life<br />
::and seek spirits and souls in the Place of Light;<br />
:by Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::who bear witness before the Great Life.<br />
:Behold these souls<br />
::who quit destruction for construction,<br />
:(go) from error to truth<br />
::and (leave) the abode of fear of the deity of the House (i.e. world)<br />
:for the great Place of Light and the everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:If he to whom I speak listens<br />
::and he to whom I call is established (in the faith)<br />
:and is knit into the communion of Life<br />
::and built into the great fabric of Reality,<br />
:I will take his hand and be his saviour and guide<br />
::to the great Place of Light and to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:If I speak to him and he listens not and call to him<br />
::and he is not uplifted,<br />
:he will be put to the question.<br />
:(But) I shall not be put to the question,<br />
:because of the Word of Truth (Kušṭa)<br />
::and its uplifting by Yukabar.<br />
<br />
:And Life is steadfast in its Dwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Then cry] "In the name of Life!<br />
:Let every man whose strength enables him<br />
::and who loves his soul,<br />
:come and go down to the yardna<br />
::and be baptised and receive the Pure Sign;<br />
:put on robes of radiant light<br />
::and set a fresh wreath on his head".<br />
:[Here baptise the souls.<br />
:And they shall descend behind you<br />
::and shall submerge three times.<br />
:And your staff shall be (rest) on your left arm.<br />
:Dip them with your right hand,<br />
::grasp them with your left<br />
:and place them between you and your staff<br />
::and dip them under thrice and<br />
:sign them thrice with your right hand.<br />
:And your face shall be toward the Gate of Prayer].<br />
<br />
:When you have signed them, say,<br />
:"N, son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the Sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::were pronounced upon you.<br />
:You have been baptised<br />
:with the baptism of the great Bihram,<br />
::son of the mighty (life).<br />
:Your baptism will protect you and will be efficacious.<br />
:The name of the Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::are pronounced upon you!"<br />
<br />
:And give them three palmfuls of water to drink<br />
::and say to them<br />
:"Drink!<br />
::and be healed<br />
::and be strengthened!<br />
:The name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::have been pronounced upon you".<br />
:Recite "Manda created me"<br />
::over the klilas<br />
::and place them upon their heads.<br />
:When placing your hand on their heads<br />
::recite these secret names:<br />
:"The name of the great mystic First '''Wellspring'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great First '''Palmtree'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Šišlam'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''‘Zlat'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yawar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of '''Simat-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great '''Yukabar'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Mana''' and its '''Counterpart'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Great Mystery''' and the '''secret sayings'''<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the great first '''Shaq-Ziwa'''<br />
::be pronounced upon you;<br />
:the name of '''Sam-Ziwa-Dakia''', the Eldest, Beloved, great First (Being)<br />
::be pronounced on you;<br />
:the name of the '''Life''' and the name of '''Manda ḏ-Hiia'''<br />
::be pronounced on you."<br />
<br />
:[Then reach them (perform with them the rite of) kušṭa.<br />
:And he shall go up before you (on to the bank).<br />
:Then dip your phial,<br />
:fill it with water and give it to whoever stands on the bank.<br />
:Then dip your bowl and recite the hymn "At the waterhead I went forth"<br />
:and "Blessed are you, Outer Door",<br />
:and recite the dedicatory prayer for the yardna.<br />
<br />
:When you recite #15-#18<br />
:and all as it is written,<br />
:speak as written if there are two,<br />
:three or many souls;<br />
:but it only one soul say "the soul of N, who descended to the yardna and was baptised and received the pure sign."<br />
:(And pay close attention to your baptism.)<br />
<br />
===Prayer 19===<br />
:Manda created me,<br />
::'uthras set me up,<br />
:radiance clothed me<br />
::and light covered me:<br />
:Haza-zban set the klila on my head,<br />
::mine, Adam-Yuhana, son of Mahnuš,<br />
:and on these souls who descend to the yardna<br />
::and are baptised.<br />
:Its tendrils shine<br />
::and its perfume is sweet,<br />
:for they (the tendrils) wither not<br />
::nor do they come apart,<br />
:and its leaves do not fall off.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the baptism wreath.<br />
:Recite it over the klila and place it on the heads of the souls that you baptisest].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 20 (yardna)===<br />
:Blessed are you, Outer Door,<br />
::and blessed are you, Everlasting Abode!<br />
:Blessed are ye, great beings of radiance<br />
::and mighty and powerful beings of light.<br />
:Blessed, lauded and honoured be the 'uthras<br />
::which dwell on the yardna!<br />
:Yardna! be gentle towards these souls<br />
::which have descended into you!<br />
:Let healing be theirs by virtue of the Word of Truth<br />
::and its upliiting by Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer of the yardna.<br />
:When you have extolled the yardna,<br />
:if you baptisest several souls recite as it is written;<br />
:it only one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N.<br />
:who has descended into you"<br />
:and rise to the bank and recite "I rose up from the Yardna".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 21===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And I met a group of souls,<br />
:A group of souls I met,<br />
::who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the Yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Sun has risen above us;<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::Rises early, sets at dusk.<br />
:The sun of which ye spake,<br />
::the sun is vanity and comes to an end.<br />
:Sun comes to an end<br />
::and becomes vanity<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
:"Lo, Moon who shines above us,<br />
::He will be our witness!"<br />
<br />
:"It is not he whom I seek,<br />
::Not he whom my soul desires.<br />
:The moon, of whom ye spake,<br />
::Rises at dusk and sets at dawn.<br />
:The moon of which ye spake,<br />
::the moon is vanity and comes to an end<br />
:And his worshippers come to an end<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:A group I met of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna<br />
::Who will be your witness?"<br />
<br />
:"Lo, there burns a fire.<br />
::It will bear witness for us."<br />
:"That is not what I seek,<br />
::Not that which my soul desires.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake<br />
::Once a day needs a firebrand.<br />
:The fire of which ye spake –<br />
::Fire, is vanity and comes to naught<br />
:And its worshippers come to naught<br />
::and are vanity."<br />
<br />
:I rose up from the yardna<br />
::And a group of souls I met,<br />
:I met a group of souls<br />
::Who surrounded our father Šitil,<br />
:Saying to him,<br />
:"By your life, our father Šitil,<br />
::Go with us to the yardna!"<br />
<br />
:"If I go with you to the yardna,<br />
::Who will be your witness?<br />
:"The '''yardna''' and its '''two banks'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Pihta''', '''kušṭa''' and '''mambuha'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:'''Habšaba''', (Sunday) and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''sanctuary''' in which we worship<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:The '''alms''' that is in our laps<br />
::Will bear witness for us;<br />
:And '''our father''' who is our head<br />
::Will bear witness for us."<br />
<br />
:"This is that which I seek,<br />
::This is that which my soul desires!<br />
:When I rise to the House of Life<br />
::And travel to the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:When Life questions me, (these) witnesses<br />
::Will come and will bear witness.<br />
:Witnesses of the truth are they,<br />
::Sure is all that they say!"<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer after #20]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 22===<br />
:We have acknowledged the name of Life:<br />
:(believe in) the great celestial Womb,<br />
::in that which is endless and countless,<br />
::in Yaluz-Yaluz,<br />
::in Ṣbabut, the mighty Will of Life;<br />
::in Piriawis, fount of living waters;<br />
::in "He-provided-a-dwelling"<br />
:giving His Likeness its dwelling in the House of Life;<br />
::in the Life Whose Eyes were fixed upon the waters.<br />
:He arose, gazed and beheld the Nest<br />
::from which He derived His being.<br />
<br />
:We believe in Yufin-Yufafin,<br />
::in Nbaṭ, the first Upsurge and outflow of Life at its inception,<br />
:in its second (outflow), Sam-Smir;<br />
::in its third, Bihram son of the Mighty (Life),<br />
:Yukabar, the Word of Life who came from the House of Life<br />
::to righteous and believing men.<br />
<br />
:Any person sprinkled by this oil<br />
::on which I have pronounced the name of the Mighty Sublime Life<br />
::and upon whom I have pronounced these mystic names,<br />
:will have health (healing) abundant in his body;<br />
::health abundant and not poor.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 23===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Precious oil are you,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates bank,<br />
::son of the river-pleasaunce,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon you, Oil,<br />
:Life laid His hand and sent you to this world which is all birth,<br />
::to heal, uplift, raise up and ameliorate<br />
:all pains, diseases, complaints, tumours<br />
::(and) the seven mysteries that inhabit the body.<br />
:I praise you, Oil,<br />
::and adjure you, Oil,<br />
:by the Life,<br />
::by Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and by the 'uthras,<br />
::sons of salvation (and) by this strange being,<br />
:who is honoured, wondrous and perfect,<br />
::who summoned chosen elect beings, sons of light,<br />
:and said to them:<br />
<br />
:"Give me precious oil,<br />
::son of white sesame,<br />
::son of the Euphrates-bank,<br />
::son of the river-meadow,<br />
::son of water-pools,<br />
::son of treasures of light.<br />
<br />
:Anoint, and I will bring you oil:<br />
::anoint with radiance, fight and glory,<br />
:the Oil wherewith I anointed and (which) I bestowed,<br />
::not in the name of a god,<br />
::not in the name of spirit,<br />
::not in the name of a messiah<br />
::nor in the name of a temple-Ishtar.<br />
<br />
:Nay, the oil with which I anointed,<br />
::(the oil) which I bestowed is at my name,<br />
:my Sign and (given) as the name<br />
::and sign of a living, glorious, flourishing and steadfast race.<br />
<br />
:Any man anointed by this oil will live,<br />
::be whole and be strengthened:<br />
:his mouth will assume the nature of Anuš,<br />
::within him he will take on the nature of Anuš.<br />
<br />
:From him the 7 dolours of death<br />
::and the 8 afflictions of darkness<br />
:shall violently depart<br />
::and be expelled.<br />
<br />
:Demons, devils, shedim, demon visitants, amulet-spirits and liliths<br />
::will be removed and driven out of him in the presence of that<br />
::which increased the strength, radiance and light of Knowledge of Life".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 24===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You wast established, First Life;<br />
::you wast in existence before all things.<br />
:Before You no being existed.<br />
<br />
:For He has fulfilled Himself and has issued<br />
::in His strength and His steadfastness<br />
:and in the radiance and strength<br />
::which His Father has bestowed upon Him.<br />
:For we have not changed<br />
::that which you have commanded us.<br />
:You enlarge our steps<br />
::and lift our eyes heavenwards.<br />
:You descend and give us<br />
::dwellings by springs of Life.<br />
:You poure into us and fill us<br />
::with your wisdom, your doctrine and your goodness.<br />
:You showe us the way by which<br />
::you came from the House of Life<br />
:and we will walk therein<br />
::with the gait of righteous and believing men,<br />
:so causing our spirits and souls<br />
::to dwell in the dwellings of Life,<br />
:the place where the spirits of our fathers abide,<br />
::clothed in radiance and covered with light,<br />
:rejoicing, laughing, dancing, exulting<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon them) [?].<br />
<br />
:This is the Oil wherewith he anointed,<br />
::the radiance, light and glory<br />
::which Manda ḏ-Hiia blessed with his pure mouth<br />
::and bestowed on all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:From all those who are anointed with this oil<br />
::every pain, disease, complaint, tumour, curse and physical evil will be removed.<br />
:They will be freed<br />
::from fetter and bond,<br />
::from evil curses,<br />
::from evil slander,<br />
::from lying accusation,<br />
::from the hand of the wicked,<br />
::from the sword of enemies<br />
::and from the third tongue<br />
:::which is softer than fat<br />
:::and sharper than a sword.<br />
<br />
:(They will be delivered)<br />
::from incubi and hobgoblins,<br />
::from wicked outcry, black magic;<br />
::from a spoilt wreath,<br />
::from the male and female biruq<br />
::and from the second death:<br />
:they will be driven off and cast out<br />
::by your surpassing Name which is all life.<br />
<br />
:It falls<br />
:on the dead man<br />
::and he lives:<br />
:on the sick man<br />
::and he stretches (himself);<br />
:on the blind man<br />
::and (his eyes) are opened;<br />
:on the deaf man<br />
::and wisdom and perception are infused into him.<br />
<br />
:The accused is successful in his lawsuit<br />
::and the prisoner is freed from prison.<br />
:The hand of Truth and healing will come from the House of Healings<br />
:in the name of the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and in the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:Every man anointed with this oil<br />
::will be sinless and blameless in the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Read these three prayers "We acknowledged the name of Life"<br />
:"Precious oil are you",<br />
:"You wast established, First Life",<br />
:upon the oil and sign the souls you have baptised,<br />
:when they rise up out of the yardna.<br />
:Say "N. son of N.,<br />
:you have been signed with the sign of Life and the name of Life,<br />
:and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia has been pronounced on you.<br />
:You have been baptised with the baptism of Bihram the Great,<br />
:son of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Your baptism shall protect you and attain its end.<br />
:The name of Life and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia are pronounced on you."<br />
:Sign thrice and grasp their right hands in the kušṭa (rite).<br />
:Then recite and pass (your finger) over your (own) face – your own sealing.<br />
:And then they shall stand up before you.<br />
:Recite over the pihta and mambuha<br />
:and give them pihta that they may eat<br />
:and mambuha that they may drink and take their right hands in kušṭa.<br />
:Then make them sit before you and read the sealing (prayer) and lay your hand on their heads.]<br />
<br />
===Sealings prayers===<br />
====Prayer 25====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:When a yardna of living water (Water of Life) was bestowed on<br />
::Sam-Smir, the great Radiance of Life,<br />
:992,000 myriad 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::opened their mouths,<br />
::praising Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Praised be Manda ḏ-Hiia;<br />
:praised be Yawar-Ziwa;<br />
:praised be Bihram and Ram;<br />
:praised be Tarwan-Nhura;<br />
:praised be Nbaṭ the first great Radiance;<br />
:praised be Nṣab and Anan-Nṣab;<br />
:praised be Sar and Sarwan;<br />
:praised be that great and mighty Mana;<br />
:praised be that great Presence of Glory;<br />
:praised be that whole abode of those at rest;<br />
:praised be all the ways and paths of the Almighty (Life);<br />
:praised be all the mighty celestial worlds of Light;<br />
:praised be all those occult dwellings (shkinata);<br />
:praised be that Voice, Strength, Word and Command<br />
::which come from the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Abathur-Rama;<br />
:praised be the myriad 'uthras<br />
::who stand in the presence of Abathur;<br />
:praised be Šilmai and Nidbai<br />
::the guardian 'uthras of the yardna;<br />
:praised be our father<br />
::Hibil, Šitil and Anuš<br />
::the head of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Turn back,<br />
:thrust back from me,<br />
:Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:and from these souls who have descended to the yardna and been baptised,<br />
::terror,<br />
::fright,<br />
::fear of devils and demons,<br />
::shedim,<br />
::demon visitants,<br />
::ghosts,<br />
::amulet-spirits,<br />
::liliths,<br />
::gods,<br />
::angels,<br />
::demons of high places<br />
::and shrines<br />
::and idol-spirits:<br />
:(all those) that the seven planets and the lords of the House<br />
::[set] loose against souls in this world.<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:Lift up your eyes,<br />
::(behold) your devotees,<br />
::your offspring and your priest!<br />
:Behold us who stand in this place<br />
::which is all evil things!<br />
:At the great Door<br />
::which is all principalities do we stand,<br />
::amongst the wicked,<br />
::and dwell amongst sinners.<br />
:Deliver us from this world which is all sinners<br />
::and from the sorceries of the children of Adam and Eve.<br />
:Forgive us that which we have done,<br />
::and that which we do forgive us.<br />
:Forgive us, Looser of sins,<br />
::(our) trespasses, our follies, our stumblings and our mistakes.<br />
:If you dost not loose us<br />
::from our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings, and mistakes,<br />
:no man is clean in your sight<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Accept, (O) Life,<br />
:Your prayer from the Occult<br />
::and assure (to us) bliss in Your light<br />
:in the name of Sharhabiel the great First Radiance.<br />
:May the words of Sharhabiel the Great First Radiance,<br />
::be established for all who love his name of Truth.<br />
:And for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš<br />
:may darkness be overcome<br />
::and light set on high.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 26====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna<br />
::and were baptised in the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:They have been baptised<br />
::with the baptism of Bihram the Great.<br />
<br />
:Their souls have been secured<br />
::with bonds of righteousness<br />
::and with the bonds of Zhir, the great light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 27====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:We were set up and raised up by 'Uṣar-Hiia:<br />
:through 'Uṣar-Hai and Pta-Hai<br />
::union with the House of Life came to us:<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to us<br />
::with radiance that is great and light that is powerful,<br />
::with our mana, our sign, our way, our yardna and our baptism;<br />
::with Hauran our vestment;<br />
::with Hauraran our covering<br />
::and with Hazazban our wreath.<br />
<br />
:I call on the mighty, sublime, all-surpassing Life,<br />
::supreme over all works and I say to It,<br />
:"Behold, behold,<br />
::Great Life, us who at Your name,<br />
::Life, descended into the yardna and for Your name's sake,<br />
::Life, we took our name and our sign<br />
:::from the great Yardna of Life<br />
:::and from the great source of healing,<br />
:::at the word of Truth<br />
:::and (the power) to uplift of Yukabar-Ziwa."<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 28====<br />
:Bound (together) and sealed are these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
:::By '''Hauran-Hauraran''', the out-thrust of the Great Life:<br />
:::by '''Its names''',<br />
:::by '''Yufin-Yufafin'''<br />
:::and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''';<br />
:::by '''Yusmir''', vehicle of the First radiance;<br />
:::and by the being '''Yukabar''', the (well-) equipped 'uthra;<br />
:seal and guard these souls<br />
::who descended to the yardna and were baptised,<br />
:against the deities of the House,<br />
::lest they gain dominion over them.<br />
<br />
:(Protect them) from their devils and demons<br />
::so that they shall not go near them<br />
:nor harm them nor ruin them.<br />
<br />
:Let all pains, diseases, afflictions and tumours<br />
::be removed from them.<br />
:Let all evil sicknesses and malignant curses of the body<br />
::be removed and driven off,<br />
:so that those who sit before You like men attainted<br />
::shall stand up like clean men.<br />
:And healing shall be theirs,<br />
::those souls who went down to the yardna and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Recite these four "sealing" prayers #25-#28,<br />
:with a loud voice to the souls whom you have baptised after you have given them pihta and mambuha.<br />
:If (several) souls,<br />
:recite as written;<br />
:if a single soul,<br />
:say "for this, the soul of N."<br />
:Then make them stand and recite #29.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 29===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up<br />
::into the Place of the Good.<br />
:Established amongst manas of light<br />
::are these souls which went down to the yardna<br />
:and were baptised.<br />
<br />
:(and those) of our fathers and teachers<br />
::and of our brothers and sisters<br />
:who have departed the body<br />
::and those who are still in the body.<br />
:There, in the light<br />
::shall ye be raised up.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Here recite #30]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 30===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took (me) up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread (pihta),<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life)<br />
:He passed into the mountain before me;<br />
::He cried loudly that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried loudly,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I climb the '''mountain''' I shall fall;<br />
::I shall overturn and perish from the world!'<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I climbed the mountain and fell not,<br />
::I came (thither) and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::And took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He passed into the fire before me;<br />
::And cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud,<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into '''fire''' I shall burn,<br />
::I shall scorch and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into fire and burned not,<br />
::I came, and found the life of my Self.<br />
<br />
:"What did your Father do for you, Soul,<br />
::The great day on which you wast raised up?"<br />
:"He took me down to the yardna, planted me,<br />
::Took me up and stood me upon its bank.<br />
:He broke and gave me bread,<br />
::Blessed the cup and gave me thereof to drink.<br />
:He placed me between his knees<br />
::And pronounced over me the name of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:He entered the sea before me;<br />
::He cried aloud that I might hear,<br />
:That I might hear he cried aloud.<br />
::'If there is strength in you, Soul, come!'<br />
:'If I go into the '''sea''' I shall sink,<br />
::I shall be overturned and perish from the world!'<br />
:To heaven I lifted mine eyes<br />
::And my soul waited upon the House of Life.<br />
:I went into the sea and was not drowned,<br />
::I came, the life of my Self I found,<br />
:Yes, Life! lo, Life!<br />
<br />
:Life has triumphed over this world.<br />
::And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is a baptism hymn. ...]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 31===<br />
:Radiance goes up to its place<br />
::and Light to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:On the day that Light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:will remit them for those<br />
::who love his name of Truth,<br />
:and for those souls<br />
::who went down to the yardna,<br />
:were baptised and received the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:Consuming fire will consume you<br />
::and your ministration will be (noted?) in the habitations.<br />
:The fragrance of life rises to the House of Life,<br />
::and we (too) will rise up to the House of Life:<br />
:we shall be with the victorious.<br />
<br />
:It is our support, and our confidence is in life<br />
::in the Place of Light and in the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Life is established and set up in its indwellings,<br />
::and Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[This is the "loosing" (consecration) of incense for baptism.]<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Book of Gadana==<br />
===Prayer 32===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life.<br />
<br />
:May there be healing for me,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:Strengthened, enhanced was the great mystery of radiance, light and glory<br />
::dwelling on the mouth of the First Life,<br />
:for from It came forth Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::For he knew and interpreted the thoughts of the First Life<br />
:::and perceived that they are wondrous.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this prayer and hold your stole for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 33 (mambuha)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Water of Life are you!<br />
::You are come from the Place which is life-giving<br />
:::and are poured forth from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(At your) coming, Water-of-Life,<br />
::from the House of Life,<br />
:the good come and refresh themselves,<br />
<br />
:(but) the wicked are discomfited and the children of (this) world abashed<br />
:and say "Is there (not?) room for us in the Place of Light?<br />
::For those that seek (ask) of it find,<br />
::and those who speak of it are heard".<br />
<br />
:We have sought and found<br />
::and we have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, lord of healings.<br />
<br />
:As water when poured out falls on the earth,<br />
::so (too) so doth evil fall abased before good.<br />
:As the water falls on the earth,<br />
::so shall their sins, trespasses,<br />
:follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::be loosed from those who love the name of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:and from the souls of this masiqta,<br />
::and from (the souls of) our fathers, teachers,<br />
:brothers and sisters who have departed the body,<br />
::and those who (still) live in the body<br />
:And say "Established is Life (or "the living")<br />
::in Its (their) dwelling".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the mambuha prayer]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 34 (riha)===<br />
:Hail to the First Life before Whom none existed,<br />
::the Sublime from worlds of light,<br />
:the Ineffable which is above all works;<br />
::to the Ancient Radiance and the Great Primal Light,<br />
:the Life which emanated from Life<br />
::and the Truth that was of old, from the beginning.<br />
<br />
:Hail the ancient, lofty, esoteric and guarded father of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:Hail Yuzaṭaq, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Source of Life;<br />
::He who unveils the silence,<br />
:gives hope and keeps the prayers of the spirits and souls<br />
::of righteous and believing men into the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Hail to the life of sincere and believing men<br />
::who have come to their end and departed the body,<br />
:and hail to those<br />
::who are stiff alive in the body.<br />
:May the gate of sin be barred to them<br />
::and the gate of light be open for them.<br />
:May they be knit together in the communion of Life<br />
::in which there is no separation.<br />
<br />
:Pray ye from there for us<br />
::and we will pray from here for you.<br />
:All fruits wither:<br />
::all sweet odours pass away,<br />
:but not the fragrance of Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::which comes not to an end nor passes away<br />
:for an age of ages<br />
::and for world without end.<br />
<br />
:May the souls of this masiqta rise up<br />
::without sin, trespass, folly, stumbling and mistake<br />
:unto the Place of Light and to the Enduring Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[Read this ordinance for the incense and cast it on the fire.<br />
:Then recite the prayers for the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 35===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I sought to lift my eyes, shoulders and arms towards<br />
::the Place which is all life, radiance and glory,<br />
:the place where which is all life, radiance, light and glory;<br />
::a place where they who seek of it find,<br />
:those who speak of it are heard<br />
::and to those who ask of it,<br />
:it is given them,<br />
::day by day and hour by hour.<br />
<br />
:This hour I address to you,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:a vital petition,<br />
::large and not small,<br />
:for this congregation of people<br />
::who have bent their knees to the ground<br />
:and stretched forth their hands<br />
::to the intermediate and upper (worlds).<br />
:They have forsaken images,<br />
::pictures and idols of clay,<br />
:gods (made) of blocks of wood,<br />
::and vain rites,<br />
:and have testified<br />
::to the name of the great, strange (sublime) Life.<br />
:To them the gate of sin is closed<br />
::and for them the gate of life is open.<br />
:May our request, our prayer<br />
::and our humble submission rise<br />
:before the supreme Life<br />
::which is above all works.<br />
<br />
:Before you (in your sight)<br />
::all hands are thieving,<br />
::all lips have lied.<br />
:Water is in the yardna.<br />
:Before you (in your eyes), Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::no man is clean:<br />
:we are slaves who are all sin,<br />
::and you a lord who are all mercy.<br />
:When you are with us,<br />
::who shall conquer us<br />
:and if you justify us<br />
::who will convict us?<br />
:Judge us not after the fashion<br />
::of earthly courts of law;<br />
:despise us not<br />
::for our follies<br />
:and associate us not with the false rites<br />
::practised by the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust hard at us,<br />
::but we fell not.<br />
:Backed by the Truth which is your own,<br />
::we have perfect confidence.<br />
<br />
:Establish life, and will you<br />
::not establish human beings?<br />
:You have spoken to us in your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with your command<br />
:"Ask on earth<br />
::and I will supply you with heavenly fruit:<br />
:ask from below, (from) reed, swamp and mud,<br />
::and I will supply you from the lofty heavens.<br />
:Make supplication with the fleshly right hand,<br />
::and I will bring you (what ye asked) with the right hand of kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:The first (generations) sought and found:<br />
:let those that come after seek,<br />
::and they will find.<br />
:Seek and find for yourselves,<br />
::for your friends,<br />
::for your friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life.<br />
:Your eyes shall not turn away from me unsatisfied."<br />
<br />
:You are the father of all the 'uthras,<br />
::the Support which is all light,<br />
:the Vine which is all Life<br />
::and the great Tree which is all things.<br />
:For You know hearts, understand minds<br />
::and search out consciences<br />
::(even) in the nethermost hells of darkness.<br />
:Like a servant lying prostrate before You,<br />
:our eyes are lifted to You,<br />
::our lips give You praise and blessing<br />
:7 hours of the day<br />
::and the 3 watches of the night.<br />
<br />
:Those who seek of Him find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him it will be given.<br />
:For to him that stands at a closed door<br />
::You will open the closed door.<br />
:In the Place of Light<br />
:You will wipe away and remove from us<br />
::our sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and will cast them into the hells of the earth<br />
::and the nethermost limbos of darkness.<br />
:You will raise us up as sinless and not as guilty,<br />
::as virtuous and not as vicious before you,<br />
::Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:The good behold and are refreshed:<br />
:the wicked are discomfited<br />
::and the children of (this) world abashed.<br />
:And they say<br />
:"Is there no place for me in the Place of Light,<br />
::since those who seek therefrom find,<br />
::and ask thereof and it is given them?"<br />
<br />
:We beseech you to let some of your radiance,<br />
::your light and your glory rest upon us.<br />
<br />
:You are the Healer above all means of healing,<br />
::a Raiser-up above (all) that raises up,<br />
:a Radiance above all radiancies<br />
::and a light above all lights.<br />
:For you open doors of truth<br />
::and reveal mysteries and wisdom<br />
:and show forth mighty deeds in Jerusalem.<br />
<br />
:You confin demons and devils<br />
::and frighten away the gods from their high places.<br />
:Great is your name<br />
::and praised is your name!<br />
<br />
:You are the counterpart of the Life,<br />
::for you wast in existence before all.<br />
<br />
:You are the Vine,<br />
:for you wast in the Ether<br />
::above heaven and above the earth.<br />
:When worlds came into being<br />
::and creations were called forth,<br />
:you didst hold in your grasp<br />
::the worlds and generations.<br />
<br />
:You have laid down a road for sincere and believing men<br />
::to the Place of Life.<br />
:(Though) spirits and souls sit (here) as guilty,<br />
::(yet) by your name they shall rise as innocent,<br />
:(your name of) Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
:To support the hands of good people,<br />
::you will be (bring?) healing of life<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta<br />
<br />
:Life is established in its indwellings<br />
::and Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This prayer is good for all occasions:<br />
:(it may be used) on occasion for the Rahmia (daily office),<br />
:or for the masiqta,<br />
:or for baptism and for all purificatory rites.<br />
:For the masiqta,<br />
:after you have recited over the pandamta,<br />
:"water of prayer"<br />
:and the ordinance for the incense,<br />
:pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"To You",<br />
:"Lifting eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:And prepare the pihta,<br />
:mambuha and klila (wreath) and set them out for the masiqta.<br />
:And recite the ordnance for the oil,<br />
:(placed) in somesing clean:<br />
:in a glass or tin cup when washed and cleansed.<br />
:And recite the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Pihta prayers===<br />
====Prayer 36====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, secret, First Mana<br />
:who abode for 999,000 myriads of years<br />
::alone in his own Abode -<br />
:for no Companion came to him;<br />
::(none existed) save that great, secret, First Mana.<br />
:For he came into existence therein<br />
::and developed therein.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that great, occult, First Drop who emanated from Him.<br />
:They existed,<br />
:(but) She abode for 444,000 myriads of years<br />
::in Her own Abode, alone,<br />
:for She had no consort.<br />
<br />
:Then I worship, laud and praise<br />
::Pirun, that great occult first Vine<br />
:from whom there emanated<br />
::888,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:From Them and from those 'uthras<br />
::proceeded one 'uthra,<br />
:whose name is the Great Countenance of Glory<br />
::who is (at once) less than his brethren<br />
::and more venerable than his parents.<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia, the well-prepared 'uthra,<br />
::divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"Any Naṣoraean man who sits to recite<br />
::"Established is the First Life"<br />
:and breaks bread will receive condemnation from the House of Life,"<br />
<br />
:And I am established,<br />
::in the light of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 37====<br />
:I worship, laud, and praise<br />
::that Occult, great First Cloud of Life,<br />
:with whom in secret, he broke bread and gave thereof in secret<br />
::to the Occult Life and to the Mighty First Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 38====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised Yawar-Ziwa,<br />
::who arose and praised that great mighty Mana<br />
:at whose right and left hand<br />
::there stand 444,000 myriads of 'uthras.<br />
:A thousand myriads of 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
::worship and laud the rays of his Radiance.<br />
<br />
:He arose and broke bread in secret<br />
::and gave thereof to the sons of men<br />
:and establishes his Abode in secret.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 39====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that secret saying which Yawar pronounced secretly.<br />
:He made it known, and divulged and established a Life-ray therein.<br />
:Radiance and light came and dwelt at his right<br />
::and glory and resplendence dwelt at his left.<br />
:And the 'uthras entreated the Life<br />
::that they might behold the Likeness of Yawar-Ziwa<br />
::in their own glory.<br />
<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa the vigilant 'uthra divulged and revealed and said,<br />
:"64 sins daily will be forgiven<br />
::a Naṣoraean man who repeats this secret saying,<br />
:in the Great Place of Life<br />
::and the Lasting Abode".<br />
<br />
:And Life is praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 40====<br />
:I have worshipped and praised 'Uṣar,<br />
::who broke bread for the hidden first 'uthras,<br />
:so that they (find) rest in their hearts.<br />
<br />
:The holy 'uthras stood in their dwellings<br />
::and praise the mighty Life in its dwelling,<br />
:adorable in Its radiance<br />
::and wondrous in Its light.<br />
<br />
:I worshipped and praised that supreme First Vine,<br />
::for within it is its Sap:<br />
:its leaves are 'uthras and its tendrils rays of light.<br />
::'Uthras sit in its shade.<br />
:And within the great first Cloud of Light<br />
::there came into existence,<br />
:within the Treasure-of-Light there was generated,<br />
::the Secret Mana.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 41====<br />
:I worshipped and praised Treasure-of-Light,<br />
::the great Awaker (yawar) of Life,<br />
::who broke bread in the Hidden<br />
::and gave (thereof) to the Mighty First Life in Its dwelling.<br />
:I praised the seven mystic precious and preserved manas<br />
::who derived existence from Their Place<br />
::and were transplanted from Their Treasure-house.<br />
:I worshipped and praised the mighty First Life that transported Itself from Its Place,<br />
::transferred itself from its own Treasurehouse<br />
::in which it came into existence,<br />
::was developed, dwelt and was established;<br />
::and (whereof) It discoursed and wherein It had gloried.<br />
<br />
:It praises and speaks,<br />
::"Every Naṣoraean who recits these secret sayings will seek and find,<br />
:::will speak and be heard seven times daily.<br />
::And seven sins will be forgiven him<br />
:::in the great Place of Light and Eternal Abode."<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
====Prayer 42====<br />
:I worship, laud and praise<br />
::that first secret Word which Yawar imparted in secret.<br />
:He expounded and explained it<br />
::and established therein that which is living,<br />
:Rays (of his light).<br />
<br />
:And Yawar said "Enlightenment and praise have come to pass".<br />
::And Yawar came and his glory rested upon his own dwelling.<br />
:Radiance and Light came and were established before him:<br />
::Glory and Enlightenment came and dwelt at his right hand.<br />
:And the 'uthras ask the Life to behold<br />
::the appearance of Yawar-Ziwa in their (its?) radiance,<br />
:and to commend the prayer and praise<br />
::which they pronounced to Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
:the 'uthras who are<br />
::the two messengers of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
<br />
:Yawar has said,<br />
:"Every Naṣoraean who repeats this secret prayer 7 times daily,<br />
::7 sins a day shall be forgiven him.<br />
:And Life abids in its dwelling".<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 43====<br />
:You are enduring,<br />
::First Life before Whom no being had existence,<br />
:Unearthly One from worlds of light,<br />
::Supreme Being that are above all works,<br />
:above the Ancient Radiance and above the First Light;<br />
::above the life which emanated from Life<br />
:and above the Truth (kušṭa)<br />
::which was of old in the Beginning!<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::have established for your chosen<br />
:that which you have revealed to us<br />
::from the book Nhur (Be light)<br />
::and from Pta uṣra (They revealed treasure)<br />
::and from 'Uṣar Nhura (Treasure of Light),<br />
:a solace, a great support of life,<br />
::that which shines in light,<br />
::the light of which enlightens.<br />
<br />
:It (Manda, gnosis) came into being, was revealed, fulfilled<br />
::and went forth in strength abundant<br />
:and became mighty by growth of knowledge.<br />
<br />
:It increased in radiance and was full of light<br />
::which proceeded from the Counterpart (?) of Life,<br />
:a wondrous counterpart!<br />
<br />
:Thereupon the worlds were ashamed,<br />
::for none had seen its like,<br />
:its brilliance or its glory.<br />
<br />
:Kušṭa stands by his friends<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia by his chosen ones.<br />
<br />
:For you have chosen (us),<br />
::host taken us out of the world of hatred,<br />
:envy and disputes and have set us firmly<br />
::on paths of truth and faith,<br />
:so that we stand and praise<br />
::the holy and guarded place.<br />
:And he who partakes of this bread (pihta),<br />
::put out (for him) will be sinless<br />
:in the Place of Light, the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[These are the prayers appointed for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 44 (mambuha)===<br />
:Biriawiš, source of living waters,<br />
::first upsurging that sprang forth,<br />
:great outburst of the radiance of all-abundant Life!<br />
::(Be) life for the souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:[This is the appointed prayer for the mambuha,<br />
:If there are (several) souls,<br />
:read as written;<br />
:if one soul say 'for this the soul of N.']<br />
<br />
===Prayer 45 (mambuha)===<br />
:Your name, (O) Life, is excellent:<br />
<br />
:its glory is great,<br />
::its light abundant,<br />
:Its goodness came over (or overflowed),<br />
::inaugurating the First Mystery,<br />
:life which proceeded from Life and Truth<br />
::which existed before the beginning.<br />
:This is a wellspring of life<br />
::which sprang forth from the Place of Life:<br />
:we drink thereof,<br />
::of this Fount of Life which Life transmitted<br />
:was established in the House of Life,<br />
::which crossed worlds,<br />
:came, cleft the heavens<br />
::and was revealed.<br />
<br />
:You have shown us that<br />
::which the eye of man has not seen,<br />
:and caused us to hear<br />
::that which human ear has not heard.<br />
:You have freed us from death<br />
::and united us with life,<br />
:released us from darkness<br />
::and united us with light,<br />
:led us out of evil<br />
::and joined us to good.<br />
:You have shown us the Way of Life<br />
::and have guided our feet into ways of truth and faith<br />
:so that Life comes and expells darkness<br />
::and goodness comes and casts out evil.<br />
<br />
:(Like) the mingling of wine with water,<br />
::so may Your truth, your righteousness and your faith<br />
:be added to those who love Your name of Truth.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is the set prayer for the mambuga (sacramental drink).<br />
:Make the pihta and the mambuha masiqta,<br />
:and then make the klila.] and place them (ready for) the<br />
<br />
===Prayer 46 (klila)===<br />
:In the Name of Life!<br />
<br />
:The Light became light,<br />
::the Light became light!<br />
:The Light became the light<br />
::of the First Life.<br />
:Glory dawned and (there was) praise<br />
::of the Mana who came from his Place.<br />
:He came (with) all ether-wreath,<br />
::with benefits that are from the Place of Light<br />
:and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:Yufin-Yufafin was the weaver of the wreath;<br />
::she who brought it was 'Nisbat'-Utria (She-planted i.e. was the mother of uthras).<br />
:And he who set wreath on was 'It-Yawar-Ziwa (There-is-dazzling-Radiance) son of 'Nisbat-'Utria:<br />
::he brought it and set it on the head of the Mana,<br />
:::planted it (there) so that it was set up (thereon).<br />
<br />
:The wreath flames<br />
::and the leaves of the wreath flame.<br />
<br />
:Before the Mana there is radiance,<br />
::behind the Mana there is light and glory,<br />
:at either side of the Mana are radiance, brilliance and purity;<br />
::and at the four corners of the heavens<br />
:and on the seven sides of the firmament<br />
::dwell silence, bliss and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 47 (klila)===<br />
:Enlightened and enlightening are words of light<br />
::to the souls of this masiqta.<br />
:Sure, assured, armed<br />
::and prepared, resplendent and beauteous (are they)<br />
:when the wreath with its mysteries is set<br />
::on the heads of these souls of this ascent (masiqta)<br />
:to the great gate of Abathur's house.<br />
::They will open to them<br />
:the great gate of Abathur's house<br />
::and will guard them by secret and watchful manas.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[These two prayers are said over the klila in the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 48 (miša)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Manda ḏ-Hiia went to the stars.<br />
::His appearance loosed the bound (souls):<br />
:he knit (them into?) the communion <br />
::that is without parting and without limit or number,<br />
:by his word which issued from him in that place.<br />
::All the worlds were confounded:<br />
:the works of the House were destroyed<br />
::and there was security for sons of the Great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:He planted his planting<br />
::and descended to the earth,<br />
:(where) the hand of Evil,<br />
::of the Lord of the House,<br />
:lay heavy upon them.<br />
<br />
:And when wickedness oppressed them,<br />
::they beheld his radiance,<br />
:and some of the celestial fruits appeared to them,<br />
::the strength and name of the Ineffable One<br />
:Who is all light was revealed to them<br />
::and some of His glory was communicated to them<br />
:and Knowledge of Life (Manda ḏ-hiia) was revealed<br />
::to all who love his name of Truth at the place<br />
:which is wholly (inhabited by) those convicted of sin.<br />
<br />
:And when they beheld him,<br />
::the lords of the worlds<br />
:were confounded but did not, from their thrones,<br />
::loose (the bonds of) the captives.<br />
<br />
:He passed by:<br />
::the captives were freed.<br />
:He loosed them from their sins and trespasses:<br />
::yes, release from their bodies was made possible to them.<br />
:And (as for) the lords of the House who looked on,<br />
::their ranks were discomfited<br />
:and they were unable to reach him.<br />
<br />
:Yes, the name of Abathur was (set) over them<br />
::and the name of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia was fulfilled<br />
::and revealed to those who love his name.<br />
:And his name shall (aid) the souls of this masiqta:<br />
::it will be his name.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the recitation appointed for the masiqta.<br />
:Read it over pure oil in somesing (pure?)<br />
:and place it before you and then read the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 49===<br />
:In the name of the Strange (Sublime) Life!<br />
<br />
:This, the glory and light of life,<br />
::is to bring forth the spirit and soul from the body<br />
:and to clothe the living soul<br />
::in a living garment.<br />
<br />
:Yes, she is solaced and lives,<br />
::the counterpart of Life,<br />
:she that emanated from a Dimat of Life,<br />
::with the Outer Life,<br />
:with Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa,<br />
::with Treasure-of-Light,<br />
:the solace and great support of life,<br />
::with life that emanated from the Life<br />
:and with the truth<br />
::which existed of old in the beginning,<br />
:They live in their shecinahs,<br />
::and the Great Light (abids) in its purities.<br />
<br />
:When any human being departs from his body,<br />
::there come towards him<br />
:seven godlike appearances,<br />
::and each stands by his own,<br />
:And Sauriel the Releaser comes –<br />
::he who releases spirit and soul from the body.<br />
:Up there, with those works, he stands with<br />
::the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which releases (the soul).<br />
<br />
:And Hauraran and Karkawan-Ziwa remove from her<br />
::that in her which is of the body,<br />
:and she putts on<br />
::the dress of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::she arrays herself in robe after robe,<br />
:When she weares the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia there,<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour resting (upon her)<br />
:and the glory that accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:Onward she goes<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:The planets who are in their places<br />
::were out of coutenance on seeing it:<br />
:they clenched their fists,<br />
::beat on the forecourt of their breasts and say<br />
:"Woe on (us) planets!<br />
::for they (we) are powerless,<br />
:but the works of Their hands are victorious!"<br />
<br />
:And they say,<br />
:"How beautiful is this radiancy,<br />
::how steadfast this light,<br />
:how lovely this glory<br />
::and how wondrous this appearance!"<br />
<br />
:And they ask,<br />
:"who will clothe us with this radiance?<br />
::Who will cover us with this light<br />
:and who will shed on us this glory?<br />
::And what is it that passes before us in this guise?<br />
:for it is fair, shining and bright:<br />
::in this world nothing made can be compared to it!"<br />
<br />
:And they exclaim,<br />
:"How good is Kušṭa to the good,<br />
::and Manda ḏ-Hiia to all his chosen,<br />
:(those) who stand in their bodies<br />
::and dedicate themselves to the name of the Life<br />
:and to becoming (thus)!"<br />
<br />
:She goes on<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and they let those deeds of hers pass by<br />
::and (escape) the hands of all the planets.<br />
<br />
:And on she went and reached Abathur's house of detention,<br />
::(Abathur), the Ancient, Lofty, Holy and Guarded one.<br />
<br />
:There his scales are set up and spirits and souls<br />
::are questioned before him as to their names,<br />
:their signs, their blessing,<br />
::their baptism and everything that is therewith.<br />
<br />
:The soul of N. has entered the House of Abathur<br />
::and has given her name,<br />
:her sign, her blessing,<br />
::her baptism and everything that is therewith!<br />
<br />
:The souls of our fathers<br />
::were signed with the sign of Life<br />
:and the name of the Life<br />
::and the name of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:was pronounced over them.<br />
<br />
:They put them in the scales,<br />
::putting in their deeds and rewards and weighed them.<br />
:And the perfect went in (also),<br />
::the spirit with the soul,<br />
:but they took them out (for they were) clean.<br />
<br />
:Radiance issued from the radiance of Abathur<br />
::and clothed them and they brought light<br />
:and covered their (therewith).<br />
<br />
:(Like them) she (the soul) put on garment on garment<br />
::and robe over robe<br />
:like the vestments of Abathur.<br />
<br />
:There she laughes, rejoices,<br />
::leaps for joy, dances, exultes<br />
:and is overjoyed about the glorious splendour<br />
::which rests (on her) and accrues to her.<br />
<br />
:And she proceeds in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and went on and reaches the watch-house (house of detention)<br />
:of four beings, sons of perfection,<br />
::'In-Hai, Šum-Hai, Ziv-Hai and Nhur-Hai.<br />
:Each of these beings clothes her with his radiance<br />
::and each coveres her with his light.<br />
:Garment on garment she putts on,<br />
::with garment after garment doth she clothe herself.<br />
<br />
:When she puts on the vesture of the sons of perfection<br />
::she laughes, rejoices, leaps for joy,<br />
:dances, exults and is overjoyed<br />
::about the glorious splendour,<br />
:the honour resting on and belonging to her.<br />
<br />
:She proceeded<br />
::in the vesture of Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:and went onwards<br />
::and reached the Waters of Death.<br />
:The waters covered her,<br />
::(but) Radiance crossed over -<br />
:his name abode in his dwelling:<br />
::honoured and chosen,<br />
:he created himself - and said,<br />
:"Life, I am Thine,<br />
::and for Your name's sake came I forth<br />
:from the world of Pthahil,<br />
::from amongst evil plots<br />
:and from beneath the throne of Abathur the Ancient,<br />
::so that we tray bring out this soul of N,<br />
:of this masiqta (so that) she comes before him".<br />
<br />
:He is the ray of the great radiance of Life,<br />
::a being who rests upon the dwelling,<br />
:and upon dwelling doth his name rest.<br />
<br />
:He grasps her with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and hands her over to two 'uthras, sons of light,<br />
:to Adatan and Yadatan,<br />
::of one gnosis and one mind.<br />
:And Adatan and Yadatan<br />
::hand her over to two 'uthras,<br />
:to 'Uṣar-Hai and to Pta-Hai<br />
::who open the Door of Life,<br />
:plant the plant of Life<br />
::and establish the first counterpart of the House of Life.<br />
:They raised her up<br />
::beside the living they bring her in,<br />
:in the likeness of Life<br />
::they support her in the Place<br />
:where radiance, like light, flames.<br />
<br />
:And the spirits of N. went<br />
::and became of the same nature as the soul<br />
:and was established in the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 50===<br />
:Rightly did the baptist baptise me (in the waters of?)<br />
::Yaluz-Yaluz for their spring is Hammamulai.<br />
:My name, Ksasar-Hamamulai<br />
::is spoken, disseminated, guarded, hidden and pure.<br />
:They (the waters?) knew the source<br />
::from which they proceeded:<br />
:its name was on the sky,<br />
::its glory on the earth.<br />
:For upon treasure, in treasure,<br />
::the Great Life existed<br />
:and was fulfilled in Its glory.<br />
<br />
:I sit on a perfected garment<br />
::and by the great fountainhead of Yukabar-Hiia,<br />
:beneath a Vine which rises above me.<br />
::Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
:"Who will manifest himself and come and speak to me?"<br />
::"I am he who is manifest, for I am great".<br />
:The life that is beneath me is<br />
::the Vine which rises above me,<br />
:Praise-of-Life stands before me.<br />
<br />
:This is my name and my sign<br />
::which I received from waves of water<br />
:and from treasures of radiance<br />
::and from the great and lofty Mixing-Bowl (?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 51===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am baptised in the name of the Strange Life,<br />
::the Sublime (Being) above all works.<br />
:I am established in the name of Treasure-of-Light.<br />
<br />
:"I looked upon the Life and the Life looked upon me,<br />
::and in the Life put I my trust.<br />
:When this the soul of N.<br />
::casts off her bodily garment,<br />
:she shall put on the dress of life<br />
::and become a facsimile of the Great Life in light."<br />
<br />
:Yawar from the House of Life revealed (himself?) and shone forth,<br />
::establishing his counterpart,<br />
:transplanting the Great Life in his light.<br />
<br />
:The worlds thrust at us,<br />
::but we fell not;<br />
:backed by Your truth,<br />
::we have confidence.<br />
:The first sprout has burst forth -<br />
::a ray of the great radiance of Life in its triumphs;<br />
:Truth (Kušṭa) and the great Source (kana) of its glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 52===<br />
:Whose son am I?<br />
::(Of?) the guarded Mana who is Yusmir,<br />
:the First Great Radiance,<br />
::son of the great Primal Life,<br />
:who pondered and went forth seeking His own,<br />
::that which came from Him.<br />
:The congregation of souls,<br />
::on the last day,<br />
:when departing from their bodies,<br />
::rejoice in Him, embrace Him and rising up,<br />
:behold the outer ether and the enduring Abode<br />
::and praise the Great Life in Its light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 53===<br />
:A letter, union and victory<br />
::have come to this the soul of N.<br />
:from the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its wreath is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the Chosen, the Pure One.<br />
<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, be whole,<br />
:and his name will beset up<br />
::in the House of Life<br />
:in the name of the Great Sublime Life.<br />
<br />
:And the First Life is established in Its dwelling.<br />
<br />
:[This is the seal of the masiqta.<br />
:Up to this point recite the masiqta,<br />
:and here take the pihta and break off a morsel from one upper fatira and the undermost fatira and bring a portion of the Ba and fold them together.<br />
:And mingle the "water of prayer"<br />
:with the wine and recite over them #54<br />
:and recite #55<br />
:and part your pandama and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha and recite "The Water of Life burst forth in splendour in its dwelling.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 54===<br />
:Yukašar chose her that passes (crosses) over;<br />
::he chose her, called her forth and established her.<br />
:He clothed her in radiance ineffable<br />
::and brought light abounding and covered her therewith.<br />
<br />
:He raised her up to the Great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:and in his own dwelling his (the dead man's) soul was assigned (a place)<br />
::and found rest in his treasure.<br />
:Living waters (water of Life) from the House of Life<br />
::burst forth (in splendour) and (like them?)<br />
:shall shine forth the souls who are called upon,<br />
::raised up and signed in this masiqta,<br />
:(the souls of) our fathers, teachers, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still live in the body.<br />
<br />
:They shall rise upward on a smooth road<br />
::and by the path of the perfect,<br />
:shall behold the Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode<br />
:and be established by Him<br />
::who opened (revealed) the great first light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 55===<br />
:The Great Life spoke<br />
::and revealed (opened) with His mouth,<br />
:in His own radiance light and glory.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is for the loosing of the pandama.<br />
:Recite this #54<br />
:over the "water of prayer"<br />
:and wine when they are mingled together.<br />
:If it is for (several) souls that he has recited read as written,<br />
:but if for a single soul say "the soul of N., shall be awakened".<br />
:And say "The Great Life spoke and opened with His mouth"<br />
:and part your pandama,<br />
:eat your pihta and drink your mambuha.<br />
:And recite "The living water shone forth in its place"<br />
:then rise, and read one prayer alter another<br />
:until the (prayer) #54<br />
:has been offered up.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 56===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Living waters shone forth (in splendour) in their dwelling.<br />
::The robes of the good were resplendent in their place.<br />
:The great Mana was dazzlingly bright in His glory.<br />
<br />
:So (too) shall these living,<br />
::(brightly) shining, steadfast and vigorous souls shine in splendour<br />
:in the great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:[This is a prayer of dedication for the "water of prayer"]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 57===<br />
:Fragrant incense rises to its place<br />
::and You, Life, be victorious!<br />
:The Forgiver of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::will forgive all those who love his name of Truth (Kušṭa) (likewise) the soul of N.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[A dedication prayer for the incense]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 58===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praised be the First Life,<br />
:praised be the Word of the First Life:<br />
:praised be that radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be that Light which is boundless and endless<br />
::and none know when it came into being.<br />
:Praised be the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praised be all the 'uthras<br />
:::that stand to the right and left of the Lord of Greatness<br />
::and praise the Lord of Greatness.<br />
:Praised be my father Yawar,<br />
:praised be all the 'uthras<br />
::who stand and praise my father Yawar.<br />
:Praised be that great first Yardna<br />
::in which the First Life was baptised.<br />
:Praised be all yardnas of living water:<br />
:praised be the fruits, grapes and trees which stand by them.<br />
:Praised be all the mighty and lofty worlds of light;<br />
:praised be all those sanctuaries (shkinata) of the Hidden<br />
::for in each and every dwelling sit a thousand thousand 'uthras,<br />
::('uthras) without end,<br />
:and the myriad myriad sanctuaries that are countless.<br />
:Praised are those thousand thousand 'uthras without end<br />
::and the myriad myriad sanctuaries beyond count.<br />
:Praised be all those banners of radiance, light and glory<br />
::unfurled before them which give them light.<br />
:Praised be the great gate of the House of Abathur;<br />
:praised be all 'uthras who stand before Abathur and praise him.<br />
:Praised be the 360 scales<br />
::which are set up before the ancient Abathur;<br />
:praised be that first great Scales<br />
::that was set up before Abathur the Ancient.<br />
:Praised be that great occult Drop from which he proceeded.<br />
:Praised be all 'uthras who sit upon thrones of rest<br />
::and recite ordinances and masiqtas and secret prayers.<br />
:Praised be those recitations, masiqtas, and secret prayers<br />
::in which the Great (Life) is praised.<br />
:Praised be those priests who sit with them.<br />
:Praised be all mountains of radiance, light and glory;<br />
:praised be all roads and paths of light.<br />
<br />
:First Life!<br />
:Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls<br />
::called upon, raised up and signed in this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our father, brothers and sisters<br />
::who have departed the body,<br />
:and of those who still tarry in the body.<br />
<br />
:Deliver them, save them and protect them<br />
::from this world of the wicked<br />
:and from those watch-houses (purgatories).<br />
<br />
:Let your mercy, Great First Life, rest upon them.<br />
::And ye shall say "Life is established in its indwellings".<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is an offering-up of supplications.<br />
:It is the dedicatory prayers of the masiqta.<br />
:Pray "We have acknowledged",<br />
:"Praises",<br />
:"You, Yourself",<br />
:"Raising eyes"<br />
:and "I sought to raise my eyes".<br />
:If you recite for (several) souls read as written,<br />
:if it is one soul say "Lift your eyes upon the soul of N"].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 59 (pihta)===<br />
:Life is fulfilled in its own glory<br />
::and the Great Light established by its victories.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the pihta].<br />
<br />
===Prayer 60 (mambuha)===<br />
:The Great Life dwells in those that love Him,<br />
::and His devotees dwell in the Great Place of Light and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the dedicatory prayer for the mambuha.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 61===<br />
:An earthly klila fades,<br />
::but the klila of Life is fresh and living.<br />
:The klila of an elect righteous man is set<br />
::and shines on the heads of those who love the name of Truth (Kušṭa).<br />
:The klila is from the world of light<br />
::and the robe from the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:The ether-klila is set, with its purities,<br />
::and shines on the heads of these souls of this masiqta.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer put up for the klila of a masiqta.<br />
:If you recite for several souls,<br />
:read as written,<br />
:but if for a single say "on the head of this soul of N."]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 62===<br />
:The worlds glisten (with costly) oil,<br />
::but Naṣoraeans shine with the radiance of Life.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 63 (miša)===<br />
:In great radiance am I immersed<br />
::and in steadfast light am I established.<br />
:Manda baptised me,<br />
::Kušṭa confirmed me.<br />
:A letter, communication (communion) and purity<br />
::came to me from the House of Life.<br />
:Its fastening is water,<br />
::its klila is light,<br />
:its weapon the living word,<br />
::and its seal the chosen, pure one.<br />
:Every man who opens it and reads therein<br />
::shall live, shall be whole<br />
:and his name will be set up in the House of Life,<br />
::in the name of the great Sublime Life from worlds (of light?).<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the prayer offered up for the masiqta oil.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 64===<br />
:The Life dwells in its own radiance and light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the confirmation of the (prayer) #54<br />
:Here recite #65<br />
:and the masiqta-hymns.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 65===<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up into the Place<br />
::where the good are established amongst manas of light,<br />
:the souls called upon and raised up<br />
::and signed by this masiqta<br />
:and (the souls of) our fathers, our teachers,<br />
::our brothers and our sisters<br />
:who have departed the body,<br />
::and of those who are (still) living in the body.<br />
:Your manas shall be set up in the Light<br />
::and ye will be established in the Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 66 (Left Ginza 3.43)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down<br />
::In a dress in which there is no blemish.<br />
:No spot is there in the dress,<br />
::Nor is there aught missing or lacking in it.<br />
:The Life knew about me.<br />
<br />
:Adam, who slept, awoke;<br />
::He grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
:And gave (not?) into my hand a palmbranch.<br />
<br />
:Light cast me into darkness,<br />
::But the darkness was filled with light.<br />
:The day that light arises,<br />
::Darkness returns to its place.<br />
:The souls of this masiqta<br />
::Approach a cloud of light.<br />
:Their journey is<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[This is a masiqta hymn]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 67===<br />
:With him, with the Deliverer<br />
::The souls of this masiqta will ascend.<br />
:They will behold the Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:On their road the Seven will not detain them,<br />
::Nor will the Judge of the False question them.<br />
:The Life will count you in His reckoning<br />
::And the good will set you up in their midst.<br />
:To the place to which the good go they will guide you<br />
::And in the place in which they stand they will set you up;<br />
:Lamps of radiance are found before you,<br />
::Beams of light behind you.<br />
:Kušṭa will come at your right<br />
::And Piety will smoothen your path.<br />
:For you there will be loosings<br />
::From here to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:For the ferry which ferries over the Elect<br />
::Will set out towards you and take you across.<br />
<br />
:(Then) from Abathur of the Scales<br />
::A saviour will come forth towards you.<br />
:The saviour that comes towards you<br />
::Is all radiancy and light from head to foot<br />
:Like the wreath in his right hand.<br />
::And on his two arms is a robe.<br />
:Bestir yourselves!<br />
::Put on your robes!<br />
:Put on your living wreaths, gird on your girdles<br />
::In which nothing is awry or blemished.<br />
:Above your head there will be fruit,<br />
::And there, at your time and season<br />
:Your manas will be set up in the Light.<br />
::Your manas in the Light will be set up.<br />
:(So) rise up, behold the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 68 (Left Ginza 3.20)===<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance,<br />
::Between Light and the 'uthras,<br />
:Between the Hidden and the Radiance<br />
::Stand those who question the soul,<br />
:Saying to her<br />
:"Speak! say, soul,<br />
::Who constructed you?<br />
:who was your Builder?<br />
::Who built you<br />
:and who was the Being, your Creator?"<br />
<br />
:The soul spoke and said –<br />
::The edified, well-constructed soul spoke –<br />
:And saith to the Being who questions her,<br />
:Said to him,<br />
:"My father, One built me,<br />
::One constructed me"<br />
:One was the Being who transplanted me;<br />
::One of the sons of salvation in his goodness<br />
:Took (accepted) his lot (duty).<br />
<br />
:He folded me in a wrapping of radiance,<br />
::Took (me) and gave me over to Adam.<br />
:Adam, in his simplicity,<br />
::whilst he knew not nor understood,<br />
:Took and cast me into a physical body;<br />
::Took me and cast me into a physical body<br />
:That is all sour and bitter fluids<br />
::and decaying substances.<br />
:(There) the soul remains and waits<br />
::in the hostel of the body<br />
:Which he had bequeathed her:<br />
::sits and watches over it<br />
:Till its measure and count were accomplished.<br />
::When its measure and count were accomplished<br />
:The Deliverer came to her;<br />
::To her came the Deliverer<br />
:Who loosed her and bore her away:<br />
::(Yes), he who had bound her,<br />
:who had loosed the soul,<br />
::Went before her whom he had bound.<br />
<br />
:Coming behind him,<br />
::the soul hasted<br />
:Reached her Deliverer,<br />
::ran (after) him<br />
:Who had bound her<br />
::to her dwelling.<br />
:The soul and her Deliverer (go):<br />
::Her course is to the Place of Light,<br />
:To the place whose sun goes not down,<br />
::Nor do its lamps of light grow dim.<br />
<br />
:To it, and to that place, those souls<br />
::That are called upon in this masiqta<br />
:And signed by this sign,<br />
::are summoned and invited.<br />
:They shall behold the great Place of Light<br />
::And the abiding Abode.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 69===<br />
:Bliss and peace there will be<br />
::On the road which Adam attained:<br />
:Bliss and peace there shall be<br />
::On the road which the soul traverses.<br />
<br />
:The soul has loosed her chain and broken her bonds;<br />
::She has shed her earthly garment.<br />
:She turned round,<br />
::saw it and was revolted<br />
:She uttered an evil curse on the being<br />
::Who had clothed her in the body.<br />
<br />
:She provoked the Framer-of-Bodies,<br />
::she roused him<br />
:From the lair in which he lay.<br />
<br />
:She said to him,<br />
:"Rise up, look, Framer-of-Bodies;<br />
::The hollow of your hand is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:The voice of the Framer-of-Bodies (is heard),<br />
::Who howls and weeps for himself<br />
:And saith,<br />
:"Woe is me that the hollow of my hand<br />
::Is filled with water!"<br />
<br />
:And to her he saith,<br />
:"Go in peace,<br />
::daughter of the free,<br />
::whom In the house of evil ones<br />
::they called handmaiden.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::pure pearl that was transported<br />
::From the treasuries of Life;<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::fragrant one who imparted<br />
::Her fragrance to the stinking body.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::radiant one,<br />
::who illumined her dark house.<br />
:Go in peace,<br />
::Pure and chosen one,<br />
::immaculate and spotless!"<br />
<br />
:Flying, the soul went<br />
::Until she reached the House of Life:<br />
:She arrived at the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:'Uthras went forth towards her,<br />
:Saying to her,<br />
:"Take and put on your robe of radiance<br />
::And set on your living wreath!<br />
<br />
:Arise, dwell in the škintas,<br />
::The place where `uthras abide, conversing;<br />
:And Life is victorious<br />
::and triumphant is Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::And lovers of his name".<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 70===<br />
:Blessed and praised be Life<br />
::Who is filled with compassion for these souls.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::my lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::For you raisest up these souls and dost not condemn them.<br />
<br />
:Praised be you,<br />
::pure Yušamin,<br />
::For you will give them your helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Be ye praised,<br />
::Šilmai and Nidbai,<br />
::For ye will give true witness concerning them.<br />
<br />
:And be ye praised,<br />
::Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš<br />
::For ye will ransom them from the House-of-Dues<br />
::And from Abathur of the Scales!<br />
<br />
:For toward you will go forth a messenger,<br />
::And the messenger who goes toward you<br />
:Is all radiance and light from head to foot.<br />
::In his right hand a kind of wreath<br />
:And on both his arms a robe.<br />
<br />
:Up! put on your robes,<br />
::set on your living wreaths!<br />
:Gird on your girdles that are flawless and faultless!<br />
::Above your heads there will be fruit,<br />
:And your lamps will hang amongst lamps of light<br />
::And will shed light.<br />
<br />
:The Lord of Tolls will not confront you<br />
::Nor will lying judges put you to the question.<br />
:They will bring you liberating words<br />
::From here unto the Everlasting Abode,<br />
:The building that was built for you in the House of Life,<br />
::Will not come to nought in an age of ages!<br />
<br />
:And may some of Manda ḏ-Hiia's radiance and light<br />
::And the revivifying-breath of Life rest upon us!<br />
:Blessed is the Voice of Life<br />
::And praised be the great Beam which is all light.<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised.<br />
<br />
:[After you have recited "The Life dwells in its own radiance and light",<br />
:"Ye are set up",<br />
:"I am crowned with a wreath and lay me down",<br />
:"With him,<br />
:with the Deliverer",<br />
:"Between the Hidden and the Radiance",<br />
:"Bliss and peace there will be",<br />
:"My vigilance and my praise giving",<br />
:"Go in peace, Pure Chosen one",<br />
:"Well, well is it for you, soul"<br />
:and the other hymns,<br />
:as many as you are able,<br />
:then recite the "Blessed and praised is Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
<br />
:If you readest for (several) souls,<br />
:read as it is written,<br />
:but if only for one soul,<br />
:say "The soul of N."<br />
:and pay attention,<br />
:with all watchfulness,<br />
:clearness of mind and studious attention and recite "Good is the good for the good";<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another and recite #63.<br />
<br />
:And pray a prayer for yourselves and make pihta and mambuha for yourselves and eat your pihta and drink your mambuha<br />
:And offer up the prayer "Good is the good for the good",<br />
:perform Kušṭa with one another for yourselves and (then) honour your crowns.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 71===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''Life'''!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised be the '''name of Life'''<br />
::in the Place of Light!<br />
<br />
:Blessed and praised are you,<br />
::my lord, '''Manda ḏ-Hiia''';<br />
::You and your strength,<br />
::your radiance, your light,<br />
::your glory and your help.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::my father '''Yušamin''' the Pure,<br />
::Son of a transplanting of the mighty Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''Second Life''',<br />
::Life that is from Life.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Šilmai and Nidbai''',<br />
::guardian 'uthras of the yardna.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye,<br />
::'''Nṣab''' and '''Anan-Nṣab'''.<br />
<br />
:(Praised are)<br />
::our fathers '''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš'''<br />
::The name and chief of the whole race.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::Lofty '''Abathur''';<br />
::Blessed and established is the great dwelling in which you sittest.<br />
<br />
:Praised are ye '''four beings''',<br />
::sons of Perfection,<br />
::who go to meet the good;<br />
::Go forth to meet the good and clothe the good with robes.<br />
::Praised are you,<br />
::Earth of Light and blessed and praised Those who dwell in you.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Road''' of the great,<br />
::path of the perfect,<br />
::and track that rises up to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Blessed are you,<br />
::'''Naṣirutha''' from whom the elect learn;<br />
::from you learn the elect,<br />
:::and deal out reward and pious gift<br />
::They deal with reward and pious gift<br />
:::and rise up and behold the Place of light.<br />
<br />
:Praised are you,<br />
::'''yardna''' of living water,<br />
::for from you we obtain purity;<br />
::We obtain purity from you and receive the pure sign.<br />
<br />
:My fathers beheld the Life<br />
::and my teacher the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:The 'uthras of light are victorious,<br />
:And victorious Abathur and the sons of Perfection<br />
::Who stand, praising the Life.<br />
<br />
:Enlargement of life there shall be for the believing<br />
::Who have departed out of our midst;<br />
:The believers, the poor,<br />
::the lowly and priests.<br />
<br />
:And my lord Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::will lend them his helping hand.<br />
<br />
:Thankfully received are the good gifts (tabuta) of life,<br />
:The good gifts of life and of knowledge of life,<br />
:The pihta that .....<br />
:at the name of the Life.<br />
<br />
:For any man who gives an oblation,<br />
:His oblation will be his helper:<br />
:elect and perfect men<br />
:Who bestow oblations will rise by Kušṭa's path.<br />
:To them it shall be given.<br />
<br />
:Of the Ether-wreath<br />
::they twisted them a wreath<br />
:Of speech and hearing,<br />
::of joy, purity,<br />
:goodness and greatness.<br />
<br />
:A wreath from the Vine Ruaz<br />
::He will set on the heads<br />
:Of those souls called on, signed, and raised up by this masiqta;<br />
:(And the souls of) our fathers,<br />
:our teachers, our brothers and our sisters,<br />
:of those who have departed the body and those<br />
::who are yet in the body.<br />
<br />
:(A wreath like that) set on Its head by the Great (Life)<br />
:And by the Great (Life) given to 'uthras<br />
:And given by 'uthras to their priests.<br />
<br />
:Healer, whose medicine is water, come!<br />
<br />
:Be you a healer to your devotees,<br />
::To your devotees be you a healer<br />
:And to him that gives oblation be you a helper:<br />
:On him whom you have healed,<br />
:do you, My lord, bestow soundness.<br />
<br />
:Behold him who stands before you<br />
::and condemn him not.<br />
<br />
:My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer<br />
:Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice<br />
::And enacting justice for those who love it,<br />
:Do justice on those who persecute us,<br />
:Those persecutors who pursue us,<br />
:And on the wicked and furious ones<br />
:Who scheme to work evil upon us.<br />
<br />
:If it please You,<br />
:High King of Light,<br />
:Look on us and condemn us not!<br />
<br />
:Behold these souls who believed in You<br />
:And for Your name's sake stood by on earth<br />
:And were persecuted.<br />
:Show us pure ether-air<br />
:So that we may forget earthly persecution,<br />
:That we may forget the persecution of earth<br />
:And the vexation of the wicked and liars.<br />
<br />
:Strengthen our insight, our voice,<br />
:our vigilance and our praise!<br />
<br />
:Thereby the Great Life communed with you<br />
:And set you up completely (?) with His radiance<br />
:And His light, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:And may the vivifying-power of Life rest upon us.<br />
:My elect, ye shall say "Blessed be the Voice of Life<br />
:And praised be the great Beam which is all light!"<br />
<br />
:And Life be praised!<br />
<br />
:[This is the "Blessed and praised be the Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah.<br />
:Afterwards,<br />
:read here "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of the souls,<br />
:and then recite "Good is the Good for the good".]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 72===<br />
:Good is the Good for the good,<br />
::and His nature is set upon those who love His name.<br />
:We will seek and find,<br />
::speak and be heard.<br />
:We have sought and found,<br />
::have spoken and been heard in your presence,<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Lord of all healings.<br />
<br />
:Forgive him his sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
::and (those of) him who furnished this bread,<br />
:masiqta and (ritual) food.<br />
<br />
:My lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
::and (You) Great First Life,<br />
:forgive the sins, trespasses,<br />
::follies, stumblings and mistakes<br />
:of the donor(s) of fee and oblation,<br />
::and their wives, children, their priests<br />
:and those who placed (brought) this bread and food;<br />
::(likewise) you, my parents, teachers,<br />
:instructors and preceptors when ye support<br />
::from the Left to the Right.<br />
:And ye shall say "Life be established in Its Dwellings and Life be praised;<br />
<br />
:Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[Recite this "Good is the Good for the good"<br />
:when you readest a masiqta.<br />
:When you performest a baptism recite it,<br />
:when you distributest oil recite it,<br />
:when you recite the Rahmia ("Devotions"<br />
:recite it,<br />
:and after the Rahmia.<br />
:And recite it when you partakest of the (ritual) dish.]<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
==Engirtas==<br />
===Prayer 73 (Left Ginza 3.27)===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:A sealed letter which leaves the world –<br />
::A letter written in good-faith (kušṭa)<br />
:And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life) –<br />
::Righteous men wrote it,<br />
:believing men tied it on,<br />
::And suspended it about the soul's neck<br />
:And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul, in her wisdom,<br />
::Pressed her nail on the letter,<br />
:Her nail she pressed on the letter;<br />
::She imbued it with her mystic radiance,<br />
:Wrapped it and veiled it in her light.<br />
<br />
:How came it that Daium saw<br />
::That the soul bore a letter?<br />
:How was it that Daium saw it<br />
::As her seven sons gathered about her<br />
:And said,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote the letter that is sealed in<br />
::By these protective strands?"<br />
<br />
:The letter is written in good faith,<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it,<br />
::believing men tied it on<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes until she has reached<br />
::The watch-house of the Seven.<br />
:The Chief-of-Dues, when he saw her,<br />
::(And) the Governor, when they saw her,<br />
:Murmur discontent and say,<br />
:"Who has written the letter<br />
::Whose secret no man knows?<br />
:Who wrote letter that is sealed<br />
::By these protective marks?"<br />
:"The letter is written in good faith<br />
::And sealed with the seal of the Mighty (Life).<br />
:Righteous (men) wrote it;<br />
::Believing men tied it up<br />
:And hung it about the neck of the soul<br />
::And despatched it to the Gate of Life".<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and travells on<br />
::Until she reaches spirits of Purgatory.<br />
:The spirits of Purgatory abased their heads<br />
::And the soul passed the purgatory-spirits by.<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she came to the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:As she reached the waters of death<br />
::There came forth towards her<br />
:A great Beam of radiance (and) of life,<br />
::(who) Grasped her by the palm of her right hand<br />
:And brought her over the waters of death.<br />
<br />
:The soul flies and goes<br />
::Until she reaches the House of Life.<br />
:When she reached the House of Life<br />
::She uttered a cry to the House of Life,<br />
:And when He heard her call,<br />
::the Life sent a messenger towards her,<br />
:(Who) grasped her by the palm of her hand,<br />
::Conducted her, (came) to support her<br />
:In the likeness of the Life to the place<br />
::Of radiance, light and beams of effulgence;<br />
:To unite her to (the company of) 'uthras<br />
::And to set her up amongst beams of light.<br />
<br />
:Upon her head they placed a wreath of ether<br />
::And took her out of the world in splendour.<br />
<br />
:Life supported life:<br />
::Life found Its own:<br />
:It has found Its own,<br />
::and my soul has found<br />
:That for which she hoped.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here recite over the flask of oil as it is put into clay up to the mouth of the bottle.<br />
:And the clay must be pure and from the yardna.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 74===<br />
:Bound (secured) and sealed are the spirit and soul of N.<br />
::by the seal of Kušṭa<br />
:and the great safeguard of truth<br />
::by the word of Kušṭa<br />
:and the raising (power) of Yukabar-Ziwa.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[This is the conclusion of the "Letter".<br />
:Set (press) your seal-ring and the nail of your little finger of your right hand into the clay,<br />
:seal it and read this conclusion over it.<br />
:And Life is victorious].<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Hymns of praise 75-77==<br />
===Prayer 75===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May there be healing, victory,<br />
::strength, soundness,<br />
:speech and hearing<br />
::for me, Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš,<br />
:from the Life!<br />
<br />
:We have acknowledged and praises (are due)<br />
::To the mighty sublime First Life,<br />
:The Ineffable which is over all works.<br />
<br />
:(I come), bringing (dedicating) my head and my mouth<br />
::To the Life and to the implanted Word<br />
:And to 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::the great solace and support of Life<br />
:In order to praise, honour, magnify,<br />
::bless and exalt You.<br />
:(Yet) who shall praise You, Life?<br />
<br />
:And who, Life, shall magnify<br />
::the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:You are lauded,<br />
::You are magnified,<br />
:you are glorified<br />
::And You are exalted!<br />
:(For lo) You are come,<br />
::You camest and none but You came.<br />
:At Your radiancy the riders were afraid,<br />
::At Your light gates and kingdoms were troubled.<br />
:On seeing You the Yardna turned about,<br />
::the waves of the sea rolled back<br />
:And the islands of the sea<br />
::were thrown into confusion,<br />
:Chariots were overthrown<br />
::and they fell on their faces.<br />
:Cedars of Lebanon were rent,<br />
::mountains shook and leaped like stags.<br />
:They opened and gave praise.<br />
<br />
:Does in the desert shed their young untimely;<br />
::The heights arise and speak in (Your) honour.<br />
:The earth trembled and was shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna'''!<br />
::whom didst you behold<br />
::that you didst turn back?<br />
<br />
:'''Waves of the sea'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye roll back?<br />
<br />
:'''Isles of the sea'''!<br />
::why were ye thrown into confusion?<br />
<br />
:'''Chariots'''!<br />
::wherefore did ye overturn<br />
::and fall on your faces?<br />
<br />
:'''Cedars of Lebanon'''!<br />
::why were ye rent?<br />
<br />
:'''Mountains'''!<br />
::wherefore were ye shaken<br />
::and why did ye leap like stags?<br />
::(Why) did ye open and give praise?<br />
::Does in the desert!<br />
::on account of 'Whom did ye miscarry your young?<br />
<br />
:'''Heights'''!<br />
::in Whose honour<br />
::did ye arise and speak?<br />
<br />
:'''Earth'''!<br />
::Whom didst you behold<br />
::and (at what) didst you tremble?<br />
<br />
:"At the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses all radiance,<br />
:At the Light<br />
::which surpasses all lights,<br />
:And at the Good Being<br />
::who crossed the worlds<br />
:And came and cleft the firmament<br />
::and revealed Himself."<br />
<br />
:When the Life gazed (down)<br />
::and looked on the earth<br />
:And Its Glory alighted<br />
::upon the roofs of Its Building,<br />
:(Lo!) they were sitting<br />
::on thrones of rebellion.<br />
:They got down meekly from their thrones<br />
::And fell upon their faces.<br />
:It eclipsed and took away<br />
::The glory of the worlds and generations<br />
:And quenched the flames of their lamps.<br />
<br />
:It set the eyes of the planets<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the lower glooms of Ilarkness.<br />
::Spirit (Ruha) lifted up her voice,<br />
:She cried aloud and said,<br />
<br />
:"My Father, my Father<br />
::Why didst You create me?<br />
:My God, my God, My Allah,<br />
::why have you set me afar off<br />
:And cut me off and left me<br />
::in the depths of the earth<br />
:And in the nether glooms of darkness<br />
::So that I have no strength to rise up thither?"<br />
<br />
:All arose, prayed and praised<br />
::the majesty of mighty (Life)<br />
:And their voices sang<br />
::to the Glory that is mighty<br />
:Praising the Radiance<br />
::which surpasses (all) radiance<br />
:And the Light<br />
::which surpasses (all) lights,<br />
:And the Good Being who crossed the worlds,<br />
::Came, cleft the firmament and revealed Himself.<br />
<br />
:He sundered Light from darkness<br />
::and sundered Good from Evil,<br />
:He sundered Life from Death,<br />
::And He brought out those who love His name of Truth<br />
:From Darkness to Light<br />
::and from Evil to Good<br />
:And from Death to Life<br />
::and set them on roads of Truth and Faith.<br />
<br />
:And You have spoken to us with Your Word<br />
::And have commanded us with Your commandment -<br />
:"Be My glory<br />
::and I will be your Glory.<br />
:Be my light<br />
::and I will be your Light.<br />
:And my name shall be in your mouths<br />
::And I will be with you".<br />
<br />
:You are He who overthrowest<br />
::(false) gods in their high-places<br />
:And bringest reproach<br />
::on the divinity of (false) deities.<br />
:They were broken down by shame on their way<br />
::And deep ignominy befell their temples<br />
:And fettered their might.<br />
<br />
:Great is the splendour<br />
::in which Manda ḏ-hiia is arrayed!<br />
:Blest is that day of light,<br />
::praised is that dawn<br />
:On which You didst travel<br />
::and come from worlds of light!<br />
:(That day) is not reckoned in a count of days.<br />
::Nor in a reckoning of months;<br />
:Except that day on which You wast revealed<br />
::from worlds of light.<br />
:We will reveal to them,<br />
::that day on which You wast revealed,<br />
:To all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
<br />
:We offer up<br />
::our commemoration,<br />
::our petition,<br />
::our prayer,<br />
::Our submission,<br />
::our ṭabuta<br />
::and our faith In Your presence,<br />
:(O) 'Uṣar-Hiia,<br />
::Delight and great Support of Life.<br />
:Were we to stand and praise You,<br />
:Your name, Your title and Your goodness<br />
::seven times a day, my Lord,<br />
:Who could praise You, Life,<br />
::Or magnify (worthily) the greatness of Your victories?<br />
:Can the stinking body praise You?<br />
::or the vain tongue?<br />
:Were our mouth like the sea,<br />
::our lips like its waves<br />
:And our tongue like cleft mountains,<br />
:Then might we praise You, magnify You,<br />
::honour You and bless You!<br />
<br />
:You knows him who feares You with his heart<br />
::And him who confesses you with his lips.<br />
:With a pure mouth be You blessed<br />
::And lauded with a tongue of praise.<br />
:Supporters who do not waver,<br />
::interpretations of Truth (kušṭa) which vary not praise You.<br />
:Sons of Perfection beside You,<br />
::(an) endless, countless and everlasting (company),<br />
:all shining with reciprocal radiance,<br />
<br />
:Praise You, for amongst them<br />
::all hatred, envy and dissensions exist not.<br />
:The Place which is all portals<br />
::of radiance, light and glory praises You.<br />
:The ancient, lofty, occult and watchful One,<br />
::Abathur, who sits according To his rank,<br />
:like the Life, praises You,<br />
:The 'uthra Pthahil praises You and saith to You,<br />
<br />
:"Blessed are You,<br />
::my Lord, Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:And praised and blessed is<br />
::the Place from which You camest:<br />
:praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place from which You camest.<br />
:And praised, magnified and honoured<br />
::is the great Place To which You goest."<br />
:Elect righteous (men)<br />
::from lower sanctuaries praise you;<br />
:for Your knowledge, Your wisdom,<br />
::Thine understanding and Your goodness<br />
:do they praise You.<br />
<br />
:You have come!<br />
:You comest and are ready to reveal Yourself.<br />
:You are immeasurable, infinite and everlasting.<br />
:You are the Father,<br />
::You are the Brother,<br />
::You are the Son;<br />
:You are the Source,<br />
::You are the great Root of Life;<br />
:You are the First,<br />
::You are the Last,<br />
::You are the Future,<br />
:for You preparest Yourself to come<br />
::And didst depart in order to reveal Yourself.<br />
<br />
:Put far from us Your wrath<br />
::and bring near Your mercy.<br />
:Turn back, push back,<br />
::remove and make impotent<br />
:Angels of wrath,<br />
::frost and hail from my land.<br />
<br />
:And my house - mine,<br />
::Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš -<br />
:In the twinkling of an eye<br />
::and at a turn of the wheels,<br />
:(Let) our petition, our prayer and our submission<br />
::Rise up before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
:That which we have done forgive us,<br />
::And that which we do, forgive us,<br />
:(For) You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia are a forgiver<br />
::of sins, trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes.<br />
:If You, (O) Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
:didst not forgive<br />
::our sins, our trespasses, follies, stumblings and mistakes,<br />
:Who would stand guiltless before You, Manda ḏ-Hiia?<br />
<br />
:Slaves are we, who are all sin<br />
::And You the Lord who are all mercy.<br />
:Before You, all hands are thieving and all lips lying;<br />
::In Thine eyes, Manda ḏ-Hiia (even) Yardna-waters are not cleansing.<br />
<br />
:(Set for) righteous and believing people.<br />
::Causing our spirit and souls to dwell in abodes of Life<br />
:According to the purpose of the Life<br />
::And the will of the three 'uthras.<br />
:And according to the will<br />
::of Manda ḏ-Hiia, sublimest of beings,<br />
:and according to the will<br />
::of the Four Beings, sons of salvation.<br />
:In Your presence there will be restoration<br />
::For our spirit and our souls.<br />
:You will clothe us with Your radiance<br />
::And cover us with Your light<br />
:And will stand us before You with the innocent<br />
::And not with the guilty;<br />
:With the richly-endowed and not with the lacking.<br />
<br />
:Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
::Truth is Your name.<br />
:Pure is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:Honoured is Your name,<br />
::blessed is Your name<br />
:And abiding is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are You<br />
::And victorious is Your name.<br />
<br />
:Victorious are the words of Truth<br />
::which proceed from Your mouth Over all deeds.<br />
:Make victorious and establish<br />
::This my soul (the soul of) Adam-Yuhana son of Mahnuš.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 76===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Praises to the Outer Life<br />
<br />
:Whom Ye caused to dwell without (beyond),<br />
::The abode that has limit.<br />
:For Your eyes are open to (discern) Your own,<br />
::Your ears listen at Your Place.<br />
:Praises to that one great name of Life<br />
::Which is above all names.<br />
:Its name rests on the great Place of Light,<br />
::On the everlasting abode and on the city of 'uthras,<br />
:And on the Beam who was greater than all beams,<br />
::With Whose fight all beams shine<br />
:And by Whom all souls are justified;<br />
<br />
:Who establishes our strength and cutts us not off<br />
::From the House of our trust;<br />
:Who restores our souls at the House of Ransom<br />
::On the Day of Judgement,<br />
:and perfects our souls<br />
::On the great Day of joy.<br />
<br />
:Praises (be) to One<br />
::Who is all the 'uthras,<br />
:And to One<br />
::Who is all prayers,<br />
:and to the Predestined One<br />
::Who came and remained for our commemoration<br />
:And who was established<br />
::in the presence of Outer Life.<br />
<br />
:(One) on whose mouth Life rested and whose praise<br />
::Was established without.<br />
:Praises, praises to the Ancient, the First,<br />
:To the Son of the great Primal Life<br />
::Whom Life called,<br />
:prepared, armed and sent Him forth<br />
::to the generations.<br />
:(Lo) You camest and didst open a door,<br />
:You didst level a road and tread out a path,<br />
::Didst set up a boundary-stone<br />
::And didst knit together a community.<br />
:You wast Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
::To the Father of the great Family of Life,<br />
:And didst knit it together in a Communion of Life,<br />
::Didst build it into a great Building of sound construction<br />
:And didst bring it forth<br />
::to the great Place of Light<br />
::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:O callers whom I have summoned!<br />
::O nourishers whom I have nourished!<br />
:O builders whom I have raised up<br />
::And brought out from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues!<br />
:Behold, here I stand!<br />
::Behold, here I dwell!<br />
:Worlds against whom I guard myself<br />
::Though your words are not far from my face,<br />
:If ye take mountains (of food) as your viaticum for eating,<br />
::They will not satisfy (lit. "complete") you.<br />
:If ye take seas for your drinking<br />
::They will not make you perfect (content you).<br />
:(But) if with perfections ye stand before the Outer Life<br />
::And before the Eternal Abode,<br />
:I will count your number,<br />
::And your reckoning shall be reckoned.<br />
:Betimes I will come and will fly<br />
::And will reach the sons of my Name, the sons of my Sign,<br />
:And the sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
<br />
:I will bind you together into the bundle of Life<br />
::And I will build you into a great Building of Truth<br />
:And will bring you forth to the great Place of Light<br />
::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:If there is no hatred, rancour, or dissension amongst you<br />
::The hand of the unbartablas (customs-officers?) will not search amongst your garments;<br />
:Ye will not pass over the Bridge<br />
::Nor walk in a narrow street;<br />
:Ye will not stand before the judge<br />
::Nor look on the countenance of the Adversary-at-law;<br />
:Nor will ye see an averted face.<br />
::The chief customs-officer will not question you.<br />
<br />
:Ye will go forth:<br />
::ye will behold the Perfecter of Souls,<br />
:One who sets on paths of surety<br />
::His friends that are made perfect,<br />
:A great comrade of the faithful,<br />
::One of the great band of souls,<br />
:Who will come out toward you<br />
::And clothe your souls in a garment of radiance<br />
<br />
:And in good pure vestments of light<br />
::Which he will bring you from the Great Place of Light<br />
:And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:He will bring out toward you wreaths,<br />
::A wreath of victories.<br />
:And every leaf of your wreaths<br />
::will (weigh) 1,080 mithqals.<br />
:Its brilliancy will exceed the brightness of the Sun<br />
::And its light outshine the light of the moon.<br />
:Ye will receive your vesture and will receive your wreaths<br />
::In the presence of the Great (Life).<br />
:Ye will be great, and called 'uthras amongst the 'uthras.<br />
::Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge.<br />
:Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you,<br />
:In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether<br />
::And the great Beam who is all light,<br />
:Who was set up before the Great Life:<br />
:He whom Life created, prepared and sent forth<br />
::To the ages and to the worlds.<br />
:And every man who gives oblation;<br />
::And took part in the communion from beginning to end.<br />
:They will make as perfect as the mamas,<br />
::Like rays of light he will be made to shine<br />
:On the day of deliverance,<br />
::on the Day of Redemption,<br />
:The great Day of Joy;<br />
::so that his righteous act Stretches onward.<br />
<br />
:It will precede you and will uplift,<br />
:Showing you the Outer Ether and the everlasting Abode,<br />
:The place which is ancient,<br />
::(of) Primal Beings,<br />
:And sons of the great Family of Life.<br />
:They eat of that which is imperishable<br />
::And drink that which is not wine,<br />
::eating well and asking solace.<br />
:And an 'uthra of Life comes and rests upon them<br />
::day by day and hour by hour<br />
:Praises (be) to the fame of the righteous<br />
::And to the existence of Chosen Elect (men),<br />
::And to the Unearthly Being who stands without,<br />
::Whose eyes are open and fixed upon those<br />
::Who love his name of Truth (kušṭa) -<br />
:You are he, Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:For you knowest about that<br />
::in which the perfect man is made perfect,<br />
:And about the virtuous man,<br />
::in what his virtue consists.<br />
:And the Lie,<br />
::of what doth it consist.<br />
:Not a word issues<br />
::from the mouth of a perfect man<br />
:But you knowest it,<br />
::have understood and expected it<br />
:In the great Place of Light<br />
::and the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:the mountain doth not boast<br />
::its strength,<br />
:nor a hero<br />
::his doughty deeds,<br />
:Nor doth a bowman<br />
::vaunt his bow,<br />
:nor the physician<br />
::his drugs,<br />
:Nor the righteous and sage man<br />
::the utterance of his mouth.<br />
<br />
:Not so:<br />
:it is an 'uthra of Life which comes<br />
::And rests upon Your devotees.<br />
:And those who seek from Him shall find,<br />
::and to those who ask of Him<br />
:It will be given.<br />
<br />
:Day by day, hour by hour,<br />
::behold us who stand in Your name<br />
:and are upheld by (calling on) Your name.<br />
<br />
:We hold to Your Leader of the great company of Truth<br />
::We have held staunch because of Your victories.<br />
<br />
:Humiliate us not; cast us not into the hands<br />
::of tormentors, Liars, hypocrites and the censorious.<br />
<br />
:Let not torturers strike us nor condemners damn our souls!<br />
::The good will see and will be found ready,<br />
:(But) The wicked will be discomfited<br />
::and the children of the world be shamed<br />
<br />
:Perfected (souls) will see that the Life exists,<br />
::And will direct their gaze<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and the everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:You, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::callest the caller,<br />
::nourishest the nourisher,<br />
::buildest the builder,<br />
::exaltest horns,<br />
::enlarge footsteps<br />
::and settest up a road,<br />
::and dost knit together in communion.<br />
<br />
:You are He who constructs, and who takest out<br />
::from amongst the peoples, nations and tongues<br />
:every man who is summoned, worthy and invited.<br />
:To every man whose term of life is over You<br />
::will be a Helper, Saviour and Guide<br />
:to the great Place of Light<br />
::and to the everlasting Abode.<br />
:As to one whose term is incomplete<br />
::and he stands (lives) in the body,<br />
:(able) to open his mouth,<br />
:lift up his voice,<br />
::pray his prayers<br />
:and to offer up his praise,<br />
::and whose feet can walk to my House,<br />
:your 'uthra shall come and shall rest upon him,<br />
:Your friend.<br />
<br />
:Diffuse Your light over all who love<br />
::Your name of Truth (kušṭa).<br />
:You have spoken with Your Word<br />
::and have commanded us with Your commandment,<br />
:"Over your words My Word has precedence:<br />
::and at the raising of your right hands (towards Me?)<br />
:My right hand will be lifted towards you.<br />
:Ye will call,<br />
::and I will answer you quickly.<br />
:Ye will seek My hand<br />
::and I will not withhold it (from) your hands".<br />
<br />
:We will pray with You the 'uthras' prayer<br />
::and ask of You, of the Great (Life),<br />
:a petition<br />
::for ourselves,<br />
::for our friends,<br />
::for our friends' friends<br />
::and for those who love the great Family of Life,<br />
::for the whole Naṣiruta of Life,<br />
:::fulfilled and disseminated on earth.<br />
:You will bring us some of Your radiance,<br />
::you will lend us some of Your light.<br />
<br />
:We will enter into Your radiance<br />
::will go forth in Your light,<br />
:will rise in Your name<br />
::and be kept right by Your nature.<br />
<br />
:Truth is Your name,<br />
::Knowledge of Life is Your name,<br />
:precious is Your name,<br />
::magnified is Your name,<br />
:victorious is Your name,<br />
::victorious are the words of truth<br />
:which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::and victorious are all Your deeds.<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 77===<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:You (O) life,<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''First Life''', '''Second Life''' and '''Third Life''',<br />
::'''Yufin-Yufafin''' and '''Sam-Mana-Smira'''<br />
::And the '''Vine''' which is All-Life<br />
::And the great '''Tree''' which is all healings.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''‘Uṣar-Hai''' and '''Pta-Hai'''<br />
:::Who open (reveal) the pihta of Life<br />
:::And transplant a planting of Light,<br />
:::And install the First Counterpart In the House of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Nbaṭ'''<br />
:::The First great Bursting-Forth (Emanation),<br />
:::The exigence of Life in Its nature.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The '''Lord of Great Fruition'''.<br />
:::the great and high Being who was fruitful,<br />
:::begetts and produces Great fruit for Himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukabar-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who increased in his brilliancy<br />
:::And was great in his light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia''',<br />
:::the life which proceeded from Life,<br />
:::The truth (kušṭa) that was aforetime, in the Beginning;<br />
:::Who was mightier in His radiance than the worlds of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Has''',<br />
:::the Stem of splendour, radiance, light and honour<br />
:::Whose branches are a thousand thousand and its tendrils<br />
:::A myriad myriad.<br />
:::Well is it for him<br />
:::Who has looked on that Tree!<br />
:::Bihram, who saw it, lived, shone, was cured and established<br />
:::And his name has not died.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣanaṣiel''',<br />
:::who stands at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And prays for spirits and souls.<br />
:::He interprets silence, inspires hope<br />
:::And takes in keeping in the World of Light<br />
:::The prayers of pious and believing people.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Haiasum-Kušṭa''',<br />
:::messenger of Life,<br />
:::The Word of the first chosen elect (men).<br />
:::He crossed the worlds,<br />
:::came, pierced the firmament<br />
:::And revealed himself.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Bhaq-Ziwa''',<br />
:::who is called "He acted and succeeded in his skinta.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Yukašar''',<br />
:::source of radiance who bestows radiance and displays his fight.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Biriawis''',<br />
:::the strong source (kana),<br />
:::The Kana took thought so that its radiance increased.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ayar''',<br />
:::the pure Vine which abids<br />
:::In the great and lofty Treasure-house of Light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet it is) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The pure '''Yušamin'''<br />
:::who rests upon The treasures of the waters<br />
:::And upon mighty wellsprings of light.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::The 'uthra '''Tauriel''',<br />
:::the being who rests by The pastures of the water.<br />
:::When a fragment from the little finger of his right hand fell (off?)<br />
:::There was consternation on earth,<br />
:::And vexation (?) in the world of falsehood.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Adatan''' and '''Yadatan''',<br />
:::who stand at the Gate of Life<br />
:::And praise and extol Life,<br />
:::And pray for the spirits and souls<br />
:::Of righteous and believing people<br />
:::In the Place of Life.<br />
<br />
:(Meet is it) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', two 'uthras<br />
:::Delegates of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:::Who are active and do (the work of) the Life.<br />
:::With kušṭa and with the testimony of the Life<br />
:::They immerse living, shining, bright and well-doing souls<br />
:::Who go in sincerity to the Yardna (and are baptised)<br />
:::(But) not in the name of gods or of a messiah!<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Šum-Hai''', '''Rhum-Hai''', '''‘In-Hai''' and '''Zamar-Hai''',<br />
:::Four Beings, sons of perfection,<br />
:::Who come towards sincere and believing people,<br />
:::And take them out of bonds (Tied by) the hands of the wicked<br />
:::And from beneath the claws of scheming men;<br />
:::And lift them up to the great place of Light<br />
:::And to the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:::They knit them into the Bundle of Life<br />
:::And build them into a great Building Of sure strength.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Hibil''', '''Šitil''' and '''Anuš''',<br />
:::Sons of a Stock which is living, light-giving,<br />
:::Vigorous and sturdy:<br />
:::Beings that cannot be taken by the sword<br />
:::Nor consumed by flames of fire;<br />
:::Nor swept away by floods of water;<br />
:::Nor will the thongs of their sandals<br />
:::Be dipped in the water.<br />
:::They were judged and were justified;<br />
:::They sought and they found;<br />
:::They strove and reached the Great Place of Light<br />
:::And the Everlasting Abode.<br />
<br />
:(It is meet) to praise, honour, magnify and bless<br />
::'''Ṣihiun''', and '''Pardun''', and '''Kanfun''',<br />
:::'Uthras whose names, each one,<br />
:::are in the House of Life;<br />
<br />
:And the 'uthras '''Adam-Kasia''', '''Bihram''' and '''Ram'''<br />
::whose names are each one in the House of life,<br />
::(but) their nature is two two, (dualistic?)<br />
::And the names of righteous and believing people<br />
::Will be established in the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:Your name gives out light,<br />
::Your name is illustrious,<br />
:Your name is pleasing<br />
::and Your name raises up.<br />
:Your name is victorious<br />
::and victorious are the words of truth<br />
:Which issue from Your mouth,<br />
::(victorious) over all works.<br />
:Make victorious and raise up this my soul,<br />
::(The soul of) Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš!<br />
<br />
:And Life is victorious over all works.<br />
<br />
:[colophon]<br />
<br />
==Enianas==<br />
===Prayer 78===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:May my thought, my knowledge and my understanding<br />
::Enlighten me, Adam-Yuhana sun of Mahnuš,<br />
:By means of these responses and homilies<br />
::for baptism and the masiqta.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 79===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:When the myrtle, the myrtle, flourished<br />
::In the gardens of Hibil;<br />
:When the wild marjoram<br />
::grew in the precincts of the manda,<br />
:They gave me two twigs of myrtle<br />
::From which they twisted a wreath for the yardna.<br />
:For it is wondrous<br />
::and fragrant is its perfume!<br />
<br />
:[Recite this hymn and twist a klila for your staff,<br />
:then read the yardna-hymn #80.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 80===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::Draw me upward (O) Great One,<br />
:::son of the mighty (Life),<br />
::Our Father,<br />
:::son of the Lite!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''', and '''both its banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Hibil-Ziwa''',<br />
::whose strength rests upon his brethren, the 'uthras!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Yawar-Ziwa''',<br />
::(you) whose creations rest on (depend upon?) the yardna!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Mana-Rba-Kabira'''<br />
::And raise that which ye have planted!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa''',<br />
<br />
:Hear me, hear me, '''Abathur-Rama''',<br />
::whose strength presides over the Scales!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, great '''Bihram'''!<br />
::and raise me up Yuzaṭaq Manda ḏ-Hiia!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''Seven Mysteries'''<br />
::which reside in the Great Wellspring<br />
<br />
:Hear me, (ye) '''three wellsprings'''<br />
::which give out radiance, light and effulgence!<br />
<br />
:Hear me (ye) '''three manas'''<br />
::Who rest upon the yardna with your treasure!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Anuš'''-'Uthra,<br />
::Whose strength dwells upon me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 81===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, my '''Father''', hear me!<br />
::And draw me upward,<br />
:great Son of the mighty (Life);<br />
::Our Father, Son of the Life!<br />
<br />
:'''Šilmai''' and '''Nidbai''', lords of the yardna,<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Yardna''' and its '''two banks''',<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:'''Habšaba''' and '''Kana ḏ-Zidqa'''<br />
::hear me!<br />
<br />
:Hear me, '''Great Life''',<br />
::from the height, Hear me!<br />
<br />
===Prayer 82===<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:At the Fountain-head came I forth,<br />
::At the Source of springs of life went I hence.<br />
:Three škintas did I found<br />
::And set over them guardians as rulers.<br />
:The guardians I appointed to rule over them<br />
::Are sublime, blessed and trusty<br />
:To the uttermost.<br />
<br />
:[Repeat this hymn when you are baptising and takest up the mambuha into the phial from the yardna,<br />
:and recite the prayer "At the Fountain-head of Water came I forth"<br />
:and then recite #20.]<br />
<br />
===Masbuta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 83====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!<br />
<br />
:How lovely are plants<br />
::which the yardna has planted and raised up!<br />
:Pure fruit have they borne<br />
::And on their heads they set living wreaths.<br />
:Yawar-Ziwa rejoices in the good plants<br />
::Which the yardna planted and raised.<br />
:The Plants rejoice and flourish<br />
::In the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:Which breathes upon them.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 84====<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
::Well did my baptiser baptise me,<br />
:Truly did my baptiser baptise me<br />
::And your baptism shall attain its end.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 85====<br />
:'''Šilmai''' has baptised us with his baptism,<br />
::'''Nidbai''' has signed us with his pure sign,<br />
:The great '''Anuš'''-'uthra has placed<br />
::living wreaths on our heads.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 86====<br />
:The yardna in which we have been immersed<br />
::Shall be our witness<br />
:that we have turned not away<br />
::From our sign, nor have altered our pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 87====<br />
:I rejoice in my priests<br />
::And in Naṣoraeans who listen to my speech.<br />
:I rejoice in you, my priests,<br />
::For you have not changed my pure Word.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 88====<br />
:In the name of the great Life!<br />
::May the sublime Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:Rightly do I say to you, my Chosen,<br />
::Who went up with me to the yardna,<br />
:Pervert and change me not,<br />
::alter me not by hand,<br />
:Pervert not nor alienate me,<br />
::Men who have heard the Voice of Life!<br />
:He who heares the voice of Life<br />
::Will be edified,<br />
:Will be built up,<br />
::Built up and armed.<br />
:(Such a man's) strength will be doubled.<br />
<br />
:Moreover, those who listen to the speech of the Life<br />
::Will be greatly increased,<br />
:Will be enriched and will not lack.<br />
::Into the communion that is great will he be knit,<br />
:He will enter the communion that is great<br />
::So that he will be united (therewith) and will arise<br />
:And will behold the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
:And Life is renowned and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 89====<br />
:In the name of the Great Life<br />
::The great Light be magnified!<br />
<br />
:To you do I call and (you) do I teach,<br />
::Men who have received the Sign.<br />
:Hearken not to the talk of all peoples and generations;<br />
::Let not their stumblings cause you to stumble,<br />
:Stumble not because of their stumblings!<br />
::Be not interrogated at their tribunals,<br />
:At their tribunals be not interrogated!<br />
::Certainly have ye held to established truth,<br />
:Ye have held to the certainty about which I instructed you.<br />
::I call to my chosen ones so that<br />
:Ye may not turn your thought away from Me.<br />
<br />
:Because any man who is not steadfast (in thought)<br />
::Whose mind is turned against me,<br />
:Whose mind is turned from me,<br />
::Great and not small will be his hurt.<br />
:If ye have attained my strength<br />
::Bear (arms for) me!<br />
:If ye bear (arms for) me firmly<br />
::Stand by me frombeginning to end!<br />
:But it ye have not attained my strength (or army)<br />
::Go from me, and approach not!<br />
:For he that enteres it and beares (arms) for me,<br />
::His "garment" will be adjusted to the House of Perfection.<br />
:But he that weares it and doth not perfect it<br />
::Will die and his spirit will extinguish,<br />
:He will die and extinct will be his spirit,<br />
::He will become the portion of the world,<br />
:You have conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia, Good One,<br />
::who confirms Your friends!<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 90====<br />
:In the flame of the Great Life<br />
::The sublime Light be glorified!<br />
<br />
:A disciple am I, a new one;<br />
::For I went to the yardna-bank<br />
:And took my name on my head<br />
::And in my heart I took a Sign,<br />
:My Sign is not that of Fire,<br />
::Nor is it that wherewith the Anointed One<br />
:My Sign is a yardna of living water,<br />
::The strength of which none can attain,<br />
:He chose one out of a 1,000<br />
::And from 2,000 he chose two,<br />
:Making traders of them<br />
::Who labour and ply their trade on earth.<br />
:And they trade for fee and pious gift,<br />
::And shine more than sun and moon.<br />
:I came to the congregation of souls,<br />
::For the Life sent me, sent me forth.<br />
:There were some who bought my wares,<br />
::There those who came to their end and lay down.<br />
:There were those who bought my wares.<br />
::The eyes (of such a one) were filled with light,<br />
:Filled with light were his eyes<br />
::(On) beholding the Great (One) in the House of Perfection,<br />
:There were those who did not buy my wares.<br />
::They went on, reached their end and lay down.<br />
:They were blind and saw not,<br />
::Their ears were stopped and they heard not<br />
:And their hearts were not awakened<br />
::To behold the Great One in the House of Perfection.<br />
:As They called them and they answered not,<br />
::When they call, who will answer them?<br />
:Because it was given to them but they took not,<br />
::Who will give to them when they ask?<br />
:They hated the Way of Life and its Abode<br />
::But loved the abode of the wicked.<br />
:And lo! in the abode of the wicked<br />
::Will they be held captive.<br />
:They tied up their tribute, their money<br />
::In a lappet of their clothes.<br />
:When they wish to lift their heads (hold their heads high)<br />
::They hurl them down to the Gates of Darkness.<br />
<br />
:To my Chosen do I call, to my Plants<br />
::Who stand by the yardna.<br />
:I say to them,<br />
:"My children (who walk) in my road,<br />
::My children (who follow) my road,<br />
:Swerve not from it or its boundary!<br />
::Let him who deviats from its boundary<br />
:Cling to the boundary-stone.<br />
::He who has turned aside from both<br />
:will fall into the uttermost ends of the world".<br />
<br />
:You host conquered, Manda ḏ-Hiia,<br />
::Good One, who confirms his friends!<br />
:You will forgive us who praise our Lord<br />
::Our sins and our trespasses.<br />
<br />
:Renowned and victorious is Life<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone hence.<br />
<br />
:[Up to here are the hymns and chants of baptism;<br />
:and from here to below are the hymns and chants of the masiqta.]<br />
<br />
===Masiqta hymns===<br />
====Prayer 91====<br />
:My vigilance and praisegiving<br />
::Are my ferrymen across (the waters of death);<br />
:A transformation brought me over,<br />
::A cloud of light took me over.<br />
:In purity shalt you rise<br />
::to the Place of Light.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 92 (Left Ginza 3.4)====<br />
:In the name of the Life!<br />
<br />
:Go in peace, chosen, pure and guiltless one;<br />
::You are without spot.<br />
:You have proven yourself by (your sojourn on) earth<br />
::And your destiny leapt upward from its struggles<br />
:From its struggles your destiny leapt upward.<br />
::Above all the world you have spoken.<br />
:Chosen and pure one (saying),<br />
:"I am a seer, a diviner;<br />
::A seer am I and a diviner!"<br />
<br />
:The worlds assembled for judgement,<br />
::For judgement the worlds assembled<br />
:And judgement was pronounced on them,<br />
::On them was judgement pronounced,<br />
:On those who did not perform<br />
::the works Of right-dealing Man.<br />
:But you alone,<br />
::Chosen and Pure One, Fair mana,<br />
::that are burnished bright,<br />
:You goest not to the judgement hall.<br />
<br />
:Judgement will not be pronounced over you,<br />
::Over you judgement will not be pronounced;<br />
:Because you didst perform the works<br />
::Of right-dealing mankind.<br />
:This, that they endure and bear,<br />
::You (O) Chosen One,<br />
:will not find before you.<br />
::Escape the clutch of the planets<br />
:And the forces of this wvorld!<br />
<br />
:Take, put on your garment of radiance,<br />
::Set on your living wreath!<br />
:Bow yourself!<br />
::and worship!<br />
<br />
:Prostrate (yourself)<br />
::and praise the Great Life.<br />
:Praise the Place of Life<br />
::To which your fathers go.<br />
:You (O) Chosen One,<br />
::Wast not from here;<br />
:From this place<br />
::you wast not transplanted Your planting,<br />
:your place was the Place of Life,<br />
::Your home the Everlasting Abode.<br />
:They have set up for you a throne of rest<br />
::In which there is no heat or wrath.<br />
:There is kept for you a girdle<br />
::In which there is no trouble or fault.<br />
:Good one! Rise to the House of Life!<br />
::And go to the Everlasting Abode!<br />
<br />
:They will hang your lamp amongst lamps of light<br />
::And they will shine in your time,<br />
:and lit your moment.<br />
<br />
:Arise! Behold the Place of Light!<br />
::Renowned is Life and victorious<br />
:And victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 93====<br />
:The mana rejoices in its treasure<br />
::And in the glory of Life<br />
:Which rests on it.<br />
<br />
:I have acknowledged you<br />
::(O) elect righteous one,<br />
:For you settest my soul free<br />
::From transitory things.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 94 (Left Ginza 3.3)====<br />
:Hail to you, hail to you, soul<br />
::That have departed from the world!<br />
:You leave corruption and the stinking body<br />
::In which you have been:<br />
:(you lean) Its abode, the abode of the wicked,<br />
::The place which is all sinning,<br />
:The world of darkness,<br />
::Of hatred, jealousy and dissensions,<br />
:The abode in which the planets go about,<br />
::Bringing pains and blemishes,<br />
:Pains they bring, and blemishes,<br />
::Every day causing them tribulation.<br />
<br />
:Rise up, rise up, soul!<br />
::Ascend to your first homeland.<br />
:Rise, rise to your first homeland,<br />
::The place from which you wast transplanted,<br />
:To the place from which you wast transplanted,<br />
::To your good dwelling,<br />
:(the dwelling) of 'uthras,<br />
::Bestir yourself!<br />
:Don your garment of glory<br />
::And set on your living wreath.<br />
<br />
:Rise! inhabit the Škintas<br />
::Amongst the 'uthras, your brethren.<br />
:As you have learned,<br />
::praise your first Home;<br />
:And curse this place,<br />
::the house of your fostering;<br />
:For (during) the years that you didst spend therein<br />
::Every day the Seven were your enemies,<br />
:The Seven were your enemies<br />
::and the Twelve beset you with persecution.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is Life and victorious,<br />
::And victorious the man who has gone thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 95====<br />
:Her Sunday, her kušṭa and her alms<br />
::Bear witness for the soul.<br />
:Ye will be her witnesses<br />
::And will pass her through at the toll-house.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 96 (Left Ginza 3.2)====<br />
:I am provided and provisioned:<br />
::'Uthras of light equipped me.<br />
:I am provisioned;<br />
::for Life provided for me.<br />
:And I am equipped by 'uthras of light.<br />
::They provided me with provision of Truth (kušṭa)<br />
:I lifted mine eyes to heaven<br />
::and my soul waited on the house of life.<br />
:And the life who heard my cry<br />
::sent toward me a deliverer.<br />
:The deliverer who came to me<br />
::brought me that which was lovely;<br />
:he opened out a robe and showed me its radiance<br />
::and I cast off the stinking body.<br />
:he grasped me with the palm of his right hand<br />
::and led me over the waters of death.<br />
:over the waters of death<br />
::he brought me and led me onward;<br />
:in the likeness of life<br />
::he supported me.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own.<br />
:Its own self did life find<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
:Renowned is life<br />
::and victorious the man who went hence.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 97====<br />
:He rose and took me with him<br />
::and did not leave me in the perishable dwelling.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 98 (Left Ginza 3.7)====<br />
:The day on which the soul goes forth,<br />
::on the day that the perfected one ascends,<br />
:on the day that the soul issues from below<br />
::the spheres of death, of contention,<br />
:strife was thrown into the earth.<br />
<br />
:Ruha's slaves sit bewailing<br />
::and the Seven sit in consternation.<br />
:The robe of the stars is lent<br />
::and dust is cast on ruha's head.<br />
:The hell-beasts weep<br />
::and the demons of purgatories are panic-stricken.<br />
:The being who brought me hither,<br />
::who brought me that which was beautiful,<br />
:put on me a robe,<br />
::clothed me in a robe of radiance,<br />
:in a wrapping of light he covered me.<br />
<br />
:He set on (my head) a wreath of ether<br />
::and (gave me) of that which life bestows on the 'uthras.<br />
<br />
:He set me up amongst 'uthras<br />
::and stood me up amidst the perfected (souls).<br />
:A wreath of ether he set on my head,<br />
::and gloriously he brought me forth from the world.<br />
:Life supported life,<br />
::life found its own,<br />
:its own did life find,<br />
::and my soul found that for which it had looked.<br />
<br />
:Renowned is life and victorious,<br />
::and victorious the man who went thither.<br />
<br />
====Prayer 99====<br />
:Ye are set up and raised up, my chosen ones,<br />
::by the word and certitude that came to you<br />
:the word and the certitude that came to the good,<br />
::the true word which came to believers.<br />
:my chosen, ye sought and ye found,<br />
::moreover ye shall seek and ye shall find.<br />
:ye sought and found, my chosen ones,<br />
::as the first (souls?) sought and found.<br />
:you are victorious, Manda ḏ-Hiia.<br />
::and you bringest to victory all who love you.<br />
:and life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #70.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 100====<br />
:In a building which life builds,<br />
::good trees flourish.<br />
:Fragrant is the perfume of the trees<br />
::with the perfume of Manda ḏ-Hiia<br />
:which pervads them.<br />
<br />
:[here recite "Blessed and praised be Life"<br />
:of Shem son of Noah,<br />
:and #72.]<br />
<br />
====Prayer 101====<br />
:The Life has founded a dwelling,<br />
::and radiance dawned<br />
:in the sublime ether!<br />
<br />
:I and my brethren, the 'uthras,<br />
::have set out every good thing,<br />
:have set out the allotted portion of the great (life):<br />
<br />
:We have offered it up in purity<br />
::to the place of light.<br />
<br />
===Prayer 102===<br />
:The building that life builds<br />
::will never come to nought.<br />
<br />
:[repeat this hymn after you have partaken of the communion and then say #103.]<br />
<br />
===Prayer 103===<br />
:Darkness is crushed back into the dark<br />
::and light is set up in its place.<br />
:The life has accepted your prayer,<br />
::the 'uthras have accepted your praise<br />
:the oblation is assigned to its lord,<br />
::and bounty to him who gives it.<br />
:This soul of N, and the souls of this masiqta<br />
::rest at the great place of light and the everlasting abode.<br />
<br />
:And life is victorious.<br />
<br />
:[here recite #63<br />
:and lift your hand for the masiqta and pray a prayer for yourself.<br />
:and life is victorious.]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
[[Category:Mysticism]]</div>GnosticScribehttp://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship&diff=475235Scroll of Exalted Kingship2024-02-07T07:17:16Z<p>GnosticScribe: </p>
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<div>Qolasta prayers in the '''''Scroll of Exalted Kingship''''', a Mandaean priestly text, as used in the tarmida initiation ceremony.<ref>Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1993). ''The Scroll of Exalted Kingship: Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita''. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriented Society.</ref><br />
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The prayer numbers refer to the 414 prayers in Drower's 1959 ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''.<ref>Drower, E. S. (1959). ''Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans''. Leiden: E.J. Brill.</ref><br />
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==Initiation begins==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Prayers !! Notes !! Symbolism<br />
|-<br />
| 323 || || <br />
|-<br />
| invocation || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that crown which he seeks to acquire, —because it is sublime—the soul rejoices in it, for it is its armor.<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha from the lower earth of Siniawis is stirred up.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || inner crown which is set on his head is awakened.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the mystery of the father awakens in him.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Manda d-Hiia blesses him.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the springs of living waters awaken, from which he wishes to receive a sign.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the ‘utras bless him with a blessing.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that mystery of light which makes void the mystery of darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || it is that incense of the baptism with which he wishes to baptize his rba (i.e. teacher).<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that mystery which dwells in the jordan (yardna, i.e. flowing water), purifying his rba.<br />
|-<br />
| 9b || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he acts for himself.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || (those are) the mysteries that we scattered in the world of Hibil-'Utra—without priestly ambiguities.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens the mystery of the soul with which he seeks to baptize the spirit and deliver her from the fault that dwells in her.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || at that moment there awakens the sign in the jordan, and he (i.e. Yawar Ziwa) put the klila (wreath) on his head.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that bond and seal which the teacher and the novice wish to tie in the knot of the kanzala (stole), whose deconsecration will not ever happen.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that jordan at his right awakens. It stands (up), blessing him, and says, “Well it is for him who is surrounded by it (i.e. the jordan)!”<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that adhesive which supports him and his whole body palpitates, stands up, and sunders the mysteries of mandaeism from their inner protective cover.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || seven walls of iron surround him, those that enclose Haiašum, the First Kušta. He has surrounded himself with seven walls of pure diamond, for they are seven priests who wish to seal him when they set the crown on him. During the seven days he shall keep guard. For Haiašum Kušta is the soul that comes and settles on his head and surrounds herself with seven walls of the white waters.<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that inner himiana (girdle) awakens and waits for the outer girdle so that it comes and supports it<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || all the creatures of darkness flee from him. And there awakens that sign that the four beings, sons of peace, await. And when it comes they surround themselves with it.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he departs from the mystery of mandaeism and waits for the kušṭa of kingship of the first rahmas of the seventh hour.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens and shines forth that sign which he received in childhood beneath the white drabša (banner).<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Šilmai and Nidbai stand before him and wait for him under their banner, and he is baptised<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul rejoices and blesses him and says to him, “This is what I seek from the First Life.”<br />
|-<br />
| 22-24 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens (this): that the teacher wishes to sign him.<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || and he says, “Darkness is crushed back and light set up,” the “darkness” is the wreath, which is the spirit, and “light set up” the crown, which is the soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the spirit is secured in the fetter of the soul<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || they seal all the vestments that he put on, until the end of the baptism with which they seek to baptize him.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he is kept away from the creatures of darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that eye (or: “well-spring”) which lives in the heart.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || it cries out with its voice, “I ascended the mountain and did not fall,” and “I went into the fire and I did not burn,” and “I fell into the ocean and I did not sink,” wherefore I was freed and confirmed. This kingship is given to him. Woe to those who neither knew nor discerned! They are the portion of Ruha.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha sits weeping in distress and says, “The soul ascended, and here I am turned back to dwell in my place.”<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that first faṭira of the masiqta awakens, (the masiqta) that he wishes to perform for his teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that pure seed awakens and multiplies into 360 streams (or: “veins”) and expels from that purity the pollutions that dwell in them. If the seed is polluted, it is multiplied in the veins, expelling the righteousness that is in them. They shall question him about everything regarding the priestly wisdom and inquire and question about the lower hells of darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that incense of the seven days in which he seeks to recite without “his fathers.”<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha and the Seven (planets) sit in lamentation, sneering at them.<br />
|-<br />
| 36-43 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that inner thing which dwells in her (i.e. the soul’s) heart and awaits the pihta in the baptism.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that mambuha which dwells in the bit mandat. For he seeks to purify that patura and the mambuha of the seven days of isolation for the infant<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that name of priesthood which is in his head. And that name of mandaeism which is in his heart, rests.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the eye in the head shines, and the soul discerns the rahmas, the baptism, the masiqta and everything.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that wreath which he seeks to twine for the masiqta of his teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || all the sins that he sinned will be forgiven him and his parents.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha and the Seven throw their hands to their heads, tearing out bunches of hair from their heads, saying, “Woe, woe! Why did we plan to have a company (ṣauta) (for ourselves) in this world? He has been saved from beneath our hands and it will be our downfall.”<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || I, Lord of Greatness, (mara d-rabuta) gaze at him.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || and says, “I beheld Life and Life beheld me, and in Life I put my trust,” the soul says to the spirit, “I endured persecution from you, and conversed with you in kindness, as I made you a slave and a handmaiden to one who has no master or mistress. See, (you) spirit, that I am a master whose mistress takes off her female dress and puts on a male garment. Woe to anyone who did not endure persecution! Whoever did not endure persecution, his wealth will no be honored in the world.”<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul rejoices and is glad for the entire kingship that is given to her by her parents.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that inner sign awakens and waits for the sign of “Whose son am I?” For “Blow and Healing” is formed here, in which he seeks to say everything, so that he shall at that moment create, call forth,vivify, heal, and establish it (i.e. his new body). And he shall vivify it even if he is injured by the masiqta he celebrates for his teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || I, Lord of Greatness, select him and raise him in purity to the place of light since he is delivered from abominable deeds. And you (should) select a teacher for that novice, whose parents shall not bestow on him the mystery of their ritual uncleanliness; or a son of a hunter; or a step-son, (or) one whose father married a widow who had lost her first (husband), for there is no purity in them; or anyone who has converted from other religions. You, beware of them! And after you have chosen this (novice), examine his body and scrutinize him! And there shall be witnesses at your right and your left.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that curtain which is stretched between the spirit and the soul is raised.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul illumines the spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that first incense which he wishes to cast during the first rahmas and during the rahmas of the seventh hour.<br />
|-<br />
| 58; CP 106-108, 107-8 and CP 117, 112-13 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that guardian who is appointed over the parents.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || (they are) the sixty faṭiras.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || it is about the masiqta because “Life is fulfilled” is sixty letters, of which each letter awakens one faṭira.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that sign of “Whose son am I?” (i.e. CP 52) awakens.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he shall preside over a mystery.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he who is in the heart above the mysteries of the spirit, places it (the heart?) above the wreath, for ever and ever. The heart is set up on it (when) he says, “in the precious oil.” The upper mysteries rejoice and the lower mysteries sit in lamentation.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || all the mysteries of priesthood gain strength over the mysteries of mandaeism.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the Right awakens and is strengthened over the Left.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awaken the mysteries of his father, (those) in which he dwells, saying, “Well and again well it is for him who will recognize his parents, and woe and again woe to those who have no parents! And woe to him who dwells in a dwelling of uncleanliness!”<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that garment awakens, which is the body that he wishes to enter on the day when his measure is full, and to go to the place of Life. And they bless him and say to him, “Come, come, chosen, pure, and victorious one, in whom there is no blemish!”<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Hibil stands before him and blesses him.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || they ask him about the mystery of the spirit and the mystery of the soul<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha and the Seven (planets) forge mysteries against him.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he builds a building at the place of Ether.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || at that moment I, Lord of Greatness, will give judgment against persecutors. And then the sins that he sinned, he and his father (i.e his teacher), shall be forgiven him.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || a stream of living water is sent to him from the place of Ether.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha and the Seven attack one another and wage war on each other regarding the soul that they oppressed from below.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens that great bond which is set on the top of the bottle. And he awaits that seal of Šum son of Yawar Ziwa, for he wishes to write a letter to Abatur.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha and the Seven run away from his presence and take to the depths.<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || (he is) saved from the four blows.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || all (in) the place of light stand up from their seats and utter a thousand thousand hymns, saying, “Good is the day when he was delivered from Tibil”, and he shall be perfected by his teacher; he and his teacher are in our presence, and we are (in) theirs. He chose the dwelling in which they live, and they give each other kušṭa.”<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the myrtle in his right hand awakens and blesses him and looks toward the good day when he will say, “Myrtle, myrtle flourished in the gardens of Hibil” (i.e. CP 79) at the baptism with which he baptises his teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that mirror awakens which dwells in the jordan.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Habšaba and Kana d-Zidqa bless him.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the jordan Piriawis blesses him.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Ruha laments, saying, “Woe to you, seed that I sowed, that I did not rejoice in you! I planted plants until they bore fruit, and when they bore fruit it went and became the portion of others.”<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he is tied to the laufa of Šišlam the Great.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he sheds the garments of mandaeism and puts on that of priesthood.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || he sheds it, and that sign which dwells on his head shines. And radiance increases that sign of manhood, and the seal is put on it. And he shall not open his eyes to see the lower mysteries that Ruha made.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || there awakens the mystery of the parents, and (it) gains strength over the mysteries situated in the borderland and looks forward to the first qina that is situated in “the parents” (Tabahata).<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the mystery of the father shines and separates itself from the mystery of the mother.<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul rejoices in the treasures that are sent to her from Ether.<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul rejoices and says, “Good is the day when I split away from you, stinking body, and when I am saved from evil deeds.”<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Habšaba stands before him and blesses him, saying, “I shall come and a guardian (shall) conceal you when you are delivered from evil deeds.”<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul says to the spirit, “See, spirit, that I am provisioned and provided with that pure fruit and sublime blossom.”<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the spirit says to the soul, “By your life, by your life, soul! When you ascend to the House of Life, take me with you! If I inflicted persecution on you, do remember me in kindness, for I did not know (you) and did not understand you. Well it is for the one who walks in kindness; all that he seeks he shall find!”<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the soul sits in lofty majesty.<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || Šilmai and Nidbai stand at his right and his left and bless him, saying to him, “All that you wish, we shall bring to you.”<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || that dwelling blesses him.<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the light of that banner shines. And then the rays of light dawn in the darkness and call to the jordan and say to it, “You, jordan, do not depart, so that I may come to you and embrace you!”<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || (novice’s recital in škinta) || the earth shakes on its foundation and squeals like a pig and falls on ‘Ur, master of the House. And he moans like a dove and like a turtle-dove that sits in a tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 324 || (coronation prayers) || Then, at that time, he (i.e. the novice) and his teacher are intertwined together in those two twigs of myrtle that he seeks to twine for the baptism.<br />
|-<br />
| 325 || (coronation prayers) || And Hibil Ziwa the youth stands before him.<br />
|-<br />
| 326 || (coronation prayers) || all rejoice and flourish and give obeisance to the soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 327 || (coronation prayers) || The jordan Sindiriawis awoke and was turned around in the jordan like waves of water.<br />
|-<br />
| 3, 5, 19 || || those three prayers are three walls of pure diamond that enclose yourselves and the novice.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || || he (i.e. the teacher) twists a wreath for the jordan; the jordan and its two banks bless him.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || || Hibil Ziwa stands at his right side.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || || Šišlam the Great sits before him.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Preparation for baptizing novice==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Prayers !! Notes !! Symbolism<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || crown || the eye that guards the crown of Šišlam the Great is fixed on him.<br />
|-<br />
| 3, 5, 19 || crown and wreath || four mysteries, which are blood, bile, phlegm, and wind, are vanquished by the crown set on his soul, and kingship is bestowed on it.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || || the mystery of the seed is mingled with those four mysteries and sealed with the seal of the father.<br />
|-<br />
| 8, 34 || (incense prayers) || water and ether give one another kušṭa, and a messenger goes toward the mysteries.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || || the upper spheres suppress all spheres.<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || || the earth, daughter of clay, rejoices under the feet of the priests.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || || the whole world of light gives you its hand.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || (with zharas) || there is a zhara at “by your radiance.”<br />
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==Baptism of novice begins==<br />
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| 10 || || utras of light unfurl banners.<br />
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| 11 || || those garments clothe the novice.<br />
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| 12 || || you have tied the stole (kanzala) on the whole structure, you have brought all together.<br />
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| 13 || || and say, “give free movement to the limbs of my body!” and “I go down,” and you descend to the jordan, the jordan stretches forth its hand and blesses you.<br />
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| 14 || || and cover your staff with the jordan, and your leggings, you illumine the jordan; and (when) you have descended on the muddy ground of the jordan, lofty mysteries cover it and you make it bright.<br />
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| 15-17 || || (these are) three iron walls of which you spoke: one of them is the staff, another is the wreath on it, and the third the leggings which you have clothed with the jordan. The jordan shall not approach any of the garments on you, and shall not surround them, except for the leggings for they are a well for the jordan which emanates from it.<br />
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| 16 || || he is the mysteries of iron and he leads all jordans and springs of water.<br />
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| 17 || || and have brought three handfuls of water, you have taken the seed and cast it into the mysteries of the Wellspring.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || || that soul is strengthened above the worlds.<br />
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| 414 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 19 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 1st kušṭa || || <br />
|-<br />
| 82 || || Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš in one garment (i.e. identified with one another) are all in front of them, the teacher and that novice.<br />
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| 20 || || Outer Ether (Ayar Baraia) flaps his wings and stands before him. And all the creatures of darkness flee (from) his presence. And he blesses him and praises him, for Outer Ether is the sublime being, by whose hand all things are guarded.<br />
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| 21 || || the spirit ascended from the depth of the body and is embraced by the soul—who is Šitil. And she says to her, “I am of kušṭa! Take me with you in your company!” And when he throws (incense) in the fire, all the Seven take to the depths.<br />
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| 22 || || the soul stirs towards her vision.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || || vision becomes bright in the soul; the vision is purified of everything.<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || || the body and vision of the soul are purified and cleansed of everything and of the water and of the afflictions in it<br />
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| 2nd kušṭa || || <br />
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| 36 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
|-<br />
| 37 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 38 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
|-<br />
| 39 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 40 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 41 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 43 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 45 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 3rd kušṭa || || <br />
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| 25 || (sealing prayers) || each of the mysteries in the body bows before its companion and praises and blesses it.<br />
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| 26 || (sealing prayers) || the whole baptism shines (and) is set in order in an inner protective cover, and sixty bonds are assigned to it.<br />
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| 27 || (sealing prayers) || a single sign is placed on them, on the teacher and the novice and the whole baptism.<br />
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| 28 || (sealing prayers) || sixty walls of pure diamond surround him, (protecting him) from the evil mysteries.<br />
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| 29 || || when the novice stands on his feet—his shadow is visible to all the worlds of light, and he is raised up towards the ‘utras.<br />
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| 30 || || the grievousness of the planets will cease from him, and the wounds that they are planning against him are destroyed.<br />
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| 83 || || that soul of the novice bears sublime blossom and its perfume is invigorating.<br />
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| 84 || || the spirit is with the soul and Ether is refreshed in it.<br />
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| 85 || || Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš place their hands on him.<br />
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| 86 || || the jordan and its two banks are the tongue and the lips freeing him, and they exchange kušṭa with the soul.<br />
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| 88 || || the soul says to the spirit, “Woe to you, spirit ....”<br />
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| 90 || || his crown—which is his soul—warns all the mysteries of the spirit and of the body, and says to them, “You are my children. Do not remove yourselves from me, and do not detach yourselves from my myrtle wreath!”<br />
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| 71 || (1st concurrence) || Pure Ether spreads out his wings over that novice, clothing him in 360 garments of radiance, light, and glory. And when he kneels on the ground, (he) and the novice, all the mysteries of the body praise the soul which dwells over them.<br />
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| 72 || (1st concurrence) || and stands on his feet, the mystery, the mystery of brilliance is established in its place. And 300 seals are placed on them, for he asks all the ‘utras to gaze at the earth and bless him, and the world of light to look at him, to come and lead him.<br />
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| 4th kušṭa || || <br />
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| 18 || (rahmas [devotions]) || <br />
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| 109 || (rahmas [devotions]) || <br />
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| 58 || (with zhara) || I, the Lord of Greatness, gaze at him.<br />
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| 65 || || a pure cloud selects for him garments hidden in chests of radiance. And we say, “There shall be a day when he will come and live in our skinta."<br />
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| 168-169 || || his rahma mingled with those of the novice.<br />
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| 71 || (2nd concurrence) || Outer Ether stands before him and says, “I am your judge, giving judgement against your persecutors.”<br />
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| 72 || (2nd concurrence) || the First Parents consecrate him and his soul, as it was explained at the beginning of these explanations. All is set in order.<br />
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| 36 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 37 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 38 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 39 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 40 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 41 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 42 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 43 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 44 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 45 || (pihta and mambuha) || <br />
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| 59 || || <br />
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| 60 || || <br />
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| 31 || || <br />
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| 8 || || <br />
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| 72, 171 || || all the ‘utras in the world of light stand in prayer and praise to him, saying, “Well it is for you, well it is for you, that you have come forth and have come before us!”<br />
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| mqaimitun ["be raised up!"] || (repeated 61 times) || <br />
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| 80 || || for himself, all the guardians who dwell beside him guard him.<br />
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| 5th kušṭa || || Abatur Rama receives that kušṭa and guards it.<br />
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| 63 || (masiqta oil) || he loosens his stole (kanzala) and mystery after mystery rests in its place.<br />
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| 178 || || <br />
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| 233 || (kḏ azil) || some of that which is in the shadow of the worlds and ages moves about and turns around in my Wellspring, the name of which is Lilita.<br />
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| 234 || (kḏ azil) || the light moves and falls into the channel of virility. For the datepalm is the virility, so that channels of living water are disseminated from the loins and the male organ to the place of light, the name of which is womb.<br />
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| 235 || (kḏ azil) || it (i.e. the seed) comes and they bring it into the womb.<br />
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| 236 || (kḏ azil) || that seed shines and becomes like projectiles.<br />
|-<br />
| 237 || (kḏ azil) || that blood hardens and is filled with anger (or: “commotion”) towards the seed and seeks to convulse it; because the seed is Hibil Ziwa. And that blood hardens. He is the first-born.<br />
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| 238 || (kḏ azil) || he goes forth from that abode (škinta) in which there is fear, and draws near to that other abode. And (that is) its abode until it develops hands and feet, for they are separated out. For he says, “If you do not do thus, in what shall the ‘utras flourish?” (CP 238, 193) And he guides it towards them until the sixty days. Ether springs up from his seat and stands up as it convulses, (and) he takes it and goes to another abode.<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || (kḏ azil) || because it is seven months—the soul seeks and waits for the living mystery, which is the place that was made by itself. Yušamin’s fear—it is fear.<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || (kḏ azil) || For Zihrun is the mystery of praise, because “the place in which the pure, perfected ones dwell” (CP 240) causes it to be loosened from the bonds (of) YuSamin and it loses the fear of Hibil Ziwa. And all the mysteries confuse him until enlightenment comes. It is a gem (gimra) of living flame, which is the abode clothed with the soul. And Yušamin perceived it (i.e. the gimra), and laid down his limbs. And they oppressed (or: “blinded”) him and placed him and seated him at the end of the world, for he sits at the end of commands and does not walk at the beginning of commands.<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || (kḏ azil) || it (i.e. the soul) kicks with its feet and splits the firmament and it is revealed. It is a good day toward which the soul looks, for they are the days of commemoration in which there is a departure for the soul; it is the day (when) it dawns in her. And when she becomes an infant, the worlds and ages are proud of her and rejoice in her.<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || (kḏ azil) || that is the month of isolation (after birth); those are the ‘utras, for there is the anger of Pure Ether, who comes and holds back that infant. And they confound all the mysteries—the wrath that is from the panic and fear and wrath of Ether when he brings it (i.e. the soul) out from under the spheres of death, so that the world (is) in darkness and all the lights of the skies, stars, sun and moon are darkened.<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || (kḏ azil) || that baptiser—who is Hibil Ziwa—says, “I whom you see, I speak and proclaim before you, I reveal it! So Abatur Rama, whose child is the world, is degraded from his throne, degraded, and he went to become ‘He-of-the-Scales’. When in your names he creates the Second (i.e. Yušamin), place your right hands on him! For the infant is degraded in the isolation in which it sits, praying that it might be released from Tibil. ... Then he prostrates himself before them, his body pressing on the ground.<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || (kḏ azil) || the spirit shall be baptised under the banner of the soul, for Ptahil is the spirit who formed everything. (For) there were no birds, fishes, animals, and burgeonings sprouting from the earth, nor earth, sky, stars, signs of the zodiac, (nor) constellations, spheres, gates or rainbow. But the jordan is not included among them, and it does not move from its place, because the jordan formed everything. But Ether moves it from its place. For you say that Ptahil is the spirit and Hibil Ziwa is the soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || (kḏ azil) || the soul calls to the mysteries, saying to them, “You! Reveal to me the mysteries of blessing and your own peaceful minds and about the radiance that you obtained!” And the mysteries say to the soul, “Who are you? The soul says to them, “I go to the spirit, speaking to her so that she knows who I am and whose son I am.” Then the mysteries give a response (‘niana) to the soul, which is clothed in Ether, “You are blessed from the place in which we are blessed.”<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || (kḏ azil) || all the mysteries gather in the presence of the spirit and they give an answer to Ether, saying, “The pure mouth speaks, the Great (Life) sits yonder, speaks (with) a pure mouth and says to him, to his chosen one, ‘You are a pure helper; all that you wish, (go and) do!’” Keep it away from them and do not explain to them that which the Great Life recited for itself! If not, when they rage, the mysteries will be rebellious toward the souls, (but) the soul goes with them in serenity. If the soul is angry with them, the body will be destroyed by a single sign. ... the soul goes and sits on her throne. And all the mysteries stand up from their thrones and bless her with my pure blessing.<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || (kḏ azil) || (for) he sits on his throne and they make obeisance to him with deep bows. And they shall not give him an antiphon.<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || (kḏ azil) || For Ether is in it (i.e. in the hidden place), (because) the soul (and) his throne in the hidden place is his škinta.<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || (kḏ azil) || all the mysteries prostrate themselves before him; he perceives the illusion departing from his soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || (kḏ azil) || he gives him the ‘niana. And when they rise from their thrones, mildness dwells on them.<br />
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| 251 || (kḏ azil) || the four mysteries are angry, but rise in obedience to the soul, for they were sitting. When she sees them, the soul is afraid and says to Ether, “Quickly, quickly, let me out of this place so that the evil mysteries do not confuse us!” Then Ether prostrates himself in their presence.<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || (kḏ azil) || behold this, that there is a pearl that comes and enlightens them! And she makes your stink fragrant. If you do not desire her, she will not remain in your presence. Then Ether strikes down the veil that he had spread over her face. And when he had struck it down, the radiance of the soul shines on them. All of them fall on their faces and say, “Be compassionate toward us! We are slaves before her and we shall obey her.”<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || (kḏ azil) || for Ether explains to them about the soul dwelling with them. And when he speaks thus, all rise to their feet. And when they exchange kušṭa with Ether, he says, “The Great (Life) has exchanged kušṭa with you! Remove passion from your mind, and your mind shall be filled with ours, and our garment and your garment shall be one!” Then the four mysteries say, “Whoever will not confirm this kušṭa shall fall, and there shall be no rising up for him.” Then Ether speaks to the four mysteries, saying, “If you pervert this kuifa, the soul shall not remain with you; you will fall and not rise; you (will) sleep, and there is no awakener to awaken you. And you go and sleep in the lap of your mother, who is the earth from whom you have come.”<br />
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| 254 || (kḏ azil) || all rest in place and speak of her (i.e. the soul) in mildness.<br />
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| 255 || (kḏ azil) || he spreads a canopy between her (i.e. the soul) and them, so that the good soul shall not see them and fear. For any house, škinta, ‘ndruna, and hilbuna (“egg”) and outer and inner gates that have no curtain or veil, that king’s kingship is not established.<br />
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| 256 || (kḏ azil) || that is the building of the soul which is sublime, for she comes from worlds of radiance in order to sit in this building, because she endures persecution from them, that is, from the mysteries, like a good human being enduring persecution from his family and tribe. And she goes with them in mildness. Then he rises to his feet and is embraced by Ether. They kiss him on his mouth and he says, “Blessed is this pure mouth and blessed this škinta (and) the hymn, and blessed is this škinta in which kings sit, for ever and ever.”<br />
|}<br />
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==Novice crowned==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Prayers !! Notes !! Symbolism<br />
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| 1, 3, 5, 19 || || And those four prayers are for the four corners of the heavens; they are the four coverings of gelatinous matter; they are the four mysteries (kasiata) that dwell in the body; they are blood, gall, mucus, and moisture, on which a seal is placed. And when hey (i.e. the mysteries) are at the beginning of the building which they construct for the body—for they came at the beginning—they sat and slept on beds; they slept the sleep that is not to be awakened. And when the soul came and woke the mysteries from their sleep, when they rose, sleep was an enemy to their souls. And when Ether prostrated himself before them, they covered their anger and exchanged kuita with Ether. And when they exchanged kuSta with Ether, all abased themselves beneath the soul. And when they abased themselves beneath the soul, she hung up lamps; all was calm.<br />
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| 35 || || there awakens that mystery which is seed dwelling in all the mysteries, and he seeks it—the mysteries that are formed from it. For you say, “We are standing at the closed door, so that you may open up to us the door that is closed.” For the seal of kings is placed on all the mysteries, like females upon whom a seal is placed. For I, your father, have sealed the male mysteries with my seal. And I sealed your counterparts with the mystery of the females. Anyone who breaks my seal—in him there is no portion of light. Any female on whom my seal does not dwell—in her there is no portion of light; she perverted all the mysteries.<br />
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| 9 || || you baptize the mysteries. Every hand of light is laid on them.<br />
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| 15 || || the whole body is sealed and established and the seal of the soul is placed on it. For the sea is the body.<br />
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| 16 || || that inner girdle awakens in it, so that there shall be nothing adverse to the soul.<br />
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| 17 || || all the creatures of darkness flee from you. And the four ‘utras, sons of light, unfurl four banners for that novice.<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || (haṭamtas [sealing prayers]) || I, Manda d-Hiia, remember him, and I see your speech (and) make it shine. And the wreath abases itself before the crown.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || (haṭamtas [sealing prayers]) || the jordan preserves him. And the škinta and the banner before Bihram the Great gaze at him who comes, and he will be invested in it (i.e. in the baptism).<br />
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| 27 || (haṭamtas [sealing prayers]) || those vestments that the novice puts on, their light is in the radiance of Manda d-Hiia so that there is no fault in them.<br />
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| 28 || (haṭamtas [sealing prayers]) || nine walls of pure diamond encircle that novice. For they are the nine months in which the infant (or: “fetus”) is nurtured.<br />
|}<br />
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==Wine ceremony==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Prayers !! Notes !! Symbolism<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || || And when you say, “‘utras assembled and škintas gathered and thrones were set up for Yawar, [803] the king of ‘utras” {CP 180), you are the ‘utras, the seven tarmidas in whom there is no fault. And the škintas of which you speak (i.e. in CP 180), are all those fingers of the entire hand, which arrange everything, setting up thrones under you. ....<br />
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| 181 || || his vestment—the vestment he puts on—shines out.<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || || that wreath which is set on the head of the heart shines.<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || || that škinta in which you are sitting shines and is resplendent, for the tunic covers all the mysteries.<br />
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| 184 || || the trees that dwell at the Wellspring flourish in the fresh foliage and its [their] shade rests on the soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || || you rise from you seats (and) you place a hand (on) that inner crown; it is for the soul to be washed in and to make Wellsprings frolic in it.<br />
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| 186 || || a seal is placed on all the mysteries of the body, of males and females protected in them.<br />
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| 187 || || you give strength to the body (‘uṣṭuna).<br />
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| 188 || || the soul rejoices that the wreath and crown are set on her head.<br />
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| 189 || || Ruha says to the four mysteries, “Who is it (that takes) my wreath and my mystery of love, and who takes it from me and puts it on his head?” And his radiance will darken.<br />
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| 190 || || all the mysteries bow their heads and offer subservience to the heart as Yawar put on his crown.<br />
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| 191 || || <br />
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| 192 || || Ruha and the Seven laugh and worship the soul.<br />
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| 193 || || those mysteries that reside in the inner protective cover give light and make obeisance to the being whose light dwells in them.<br />
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| 194 || || the soul rejoices (at) the crown that is set on her head. And she lights up all the mysteries.<br />
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| 195 || || <br />
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| 196 || || that mystery of the Vine, which dwells in the world of Ether, looks at the wreath which he twists from it and puts it on his head.<br />
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| 197 || || all the mysteries bow down and bless Yawar, saying, “Plant this plant in your presence! For all of us became your humble slaves.”<br />
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| 198 || || I make myself smaller than all the mysteries. When I made myself small, I became larger than the entire crown of kingship which was set on my head. Woe to you, mysteries, for you yourselves overpowered me! And you said, “We will make ourselves powerful.” And you called yourselves great, and you incurred blemish on yourselves. And you were suckled and brought up, and you went and slept under the shade of Ruha.<br />
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| 199 || || all the mysteries bend down and worship the soul. And they say, “Now we take pride in you,” to the soul. You, baptize us under your banner so that we may rise up with you to the place of light!”<br />
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| 305 || (antiphons) || fourteen worlds of light all assemble before you, because Šišlam is the soul that is formed from them.<br />
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| 306 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 307 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 308 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 309 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 310 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 311 || (antiphons) || one night of each week (305-311)<br />
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| 312 || (antiphons) || those four mysteries cast off the devouring flame and put on a garment of living flame.<br />
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| 313 || (antiphons) || they call to life and awaken those crowns with which they seek to be invested.<br />
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| 307 || (antiphons) || those jordans of white water which dwell in the Wellspring that is under the plasma, they sport and dance in the signings of pure oil dwelling in them. And the entire crown shines in it.<br />
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| 314 || (antiphons) || all of them illumine the mysteries dwelling in the heart and illumine (them). They bless Ether so that he may dwell in the five senses, he (i.e. Ether) who gives strength to the mysteries.<br />
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| 308 || (antiphons) || hair, skin, sinews, veins, and eyesight all illumine the crown. And the crown shines in them.<br />
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| 315 || (antiphons) || the mysteries say to it, to the soul, “You are our lord and our lady, let there dwell on us something from your plentiful radiance and from your benefits to which there is no end!”<br />
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| 309 || (antiphons) || Outer Ether, Pure Ether, Ether, son of Himat (“She-is-warm”), and Ether, son of Ether, come and lay their hands on that crown, guarding it from the creatures of darkness.<br />
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| 316 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 310 || (antiphons) || Ether gives strength and soul and [918] road to the streams, and leads the water into zones (mSaria). For the eyes and ears and the two nostrils are zones. If water is created and flourishes before them, and Ether (is not present), the vision of the eyes does not see, the ears do not hear, and the nose does not smell anything.<br />
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| 317 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 311 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 318 || (antiphons) || And everything rests in its place.<br />
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| 319 || (antiphons) || (then) earth, skies, sun, moon, stars, constellations and Ruha and the Seven and Ptahil, Abatur, and the four beings, sons of perfection, and all cutras of the world of light bow down and worship him, saying, “Go, go, be watchful and be established until the earth comes to nought!”<br />
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| 320 || (antiphons) || <br />
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| 321 || (antiphons) || If the novice has something from his vestment, he shall bring it to those seven kings who put the crown on him after they distribute the crowns; he shall bring it to them. And glory which is of the Great Life shall possess them, they and the mysteries that dwell in it. And they shall not omit “the forgiver of sins,” praying all the rahmas.<br />
|}<br />
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==Cult hut (škinta) period begins==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Prayers !! Notes !! Symbolism<br />
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| 72 || || <br />
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| 31 || || <br />
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| 8 || || <br />
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| 94 || || <br />
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| 63 || || <br />
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| kḏ azil || || <br />
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| 106 || || Those mysteries that sleep in his heart awaken from their sleep. ... he is clothed in lofty strength, and the trembling that is in his heart settles.<br />
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| 107 || || Inner Ether stands before him.<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || || those trees that dwell by that firm Wellspring give obeisance to him.<br />
|-<br />
| 1, 3, 5, 19 || || those four prayers give strength to the body.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || || And the incense rises up and goes to all the worlds of light and the worlds of darkness. And that warrior of Ruha (i.e. ‘Ur) shouts at that incense with all his might, and the worlds and ages and all the creatures cry out with their voice, saying, “Blessed and praised is Šišlam the Great!”<br />
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| 165 || || <br />
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| 166 || || <br />
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| 167 || || <br />
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| 168 || || <br />
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| 169 || || <br />
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| 113 || (a Sunday prayer) || <br />
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| 114 || || the spirit is awakened<br />
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| 115 || || And the soul speaks and utters an ‘niana (CP 116) to the spirit<br />
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| 116 || || There is assigned to him lofty strength from the elevated king.<br />
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| 77 || || all the ‘utras stand up from their thrones and bless him.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || || he is clothed in the mysteries of the Father, freed from the mysteries of the Mother.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || || he bendshis knees and puts his hand on his head. The earth shakes on its foundation and tosses off the giants who are on it and subdues the mysteries of blemish, which are fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 16 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 17 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 25 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 26 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 27 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 28 || || those are nine walls of pure diamond surrounding him. (9 until 28)<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || || naṣiruta is awakened and does not sleep for an age of ages in the heart of Šišlam the Great.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || || you have sealed all his vestments so that there shall be no blemish in them.<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || || A garment is sent to him from the land of Yawar, so that they (the mysteries?) look at him in fear.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || (3rd concurrence) || A mirror falls into all the worlds of darkness and 360 walls of diamond surround that Skinta, so that darkness is not able to attain to it in order to destroy it.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || (3rd concurrence) || the mysteries of the Father shine in him. ... there comes to him streams of white water such as it is bestowed on none of the kings.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 37 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 38 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 39 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 40 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 41 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 43 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 45 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 59 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 60 || || And his burden becomes heavy on ‘Ur.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || || she (i.e. the soul) rejoices in those trees that arise before her eyes (or: “that stand on the Well-spring”).<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || || <br />
|-<br />
| 80 || || <br />
|-<br />
| kušṭa || || <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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The '''''Tafsir Pagra''''' ("The Explanation of the Body") makes up Book 1, Part 2 of the ''1012 Questions'', a Mandaean text (Drower 1960).<br />
<br />
==Tafsir Pagra==<br />
;(216)<br />
:... And so, when food goes down and reacheth the inside, the lower belly;<br />
:Šdum-Daiwa cometh and by his agency and strength he bringeth the excrements forth by way of Karafiun and 2 worlds so that they come and fall into<br />
#'''Ṣihiun''' ('''Zion'''), a valley which is the dumping-ground of dung and urine in one place.<br />
#It is the world below the '''ocean'''<br />
#and the ocean is beneath the world of '''Ptahil'''.<br />
#And the world of Ptahil is extended (ptian) beneath the '''earthly world''',<br />
#and the earthly world is beneath the world of '''Mšunia-Kušṭa'''<br />
#and Mšunia-Kušṭa below the world of '''Abathur'''.<br />
#And the world of Abathur is below the world of '''outflowing waters''',<br />
#and the world of outflowing waters below the world of the pure '''Yušamin'''.<br />
#And the world of the pure Yušamin is beneath the world of '''Yukabar-Kušṭa-Kana'''<br />
#and the world of Yukabar-Kušṭa-Kana below the world of '''Yawar-Ziwa''';<br />
#and the world of Yawar-Ziwa is below the world of '''Tarwan-Nhura'''.<br />
#And the world of Tarwan-Nhura is beneath the world of '''Yawar-Rba'''<br />
#and the world of Yawar-Rba beneath the world of '''Šahrat-Anana''',<br />
#And the world of Šahrat-Anana is below the world of '''Kanat-Rabtia'''<br />
#and the world of Kanat-Rabtia below the world of '''Mara-d-Rabutha'''.<br />
#And the world of Mara-d-Rabutha and the '''great mighty Mana''',<br />
#and the '''great Father of Glory''',<br />
#and '''Šišlam-Rba''',<br />
#'''Abathur-Rama'''<br />
#and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''' —<br />
#(yea even) the '''House of the Lofty Radiance''' —<br />
:all of them constitute one Mšunia-Kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:And to each of them their light is mutually visible, pleasing and displayed;<br />
:and their rays are formed like one another,<br />
:for they are all of light;<br />
:all (form part) of a single Body,<br />
:and each one of them that existeth in the Body is a world;<br />
:when separated (taken separately) each one of them is a world.<br />
:When (If) it happened that these worlds separated,<br />
:it would be as if one of them divided:<br />
:one is the Body and one the division.<br />
<br />
;(217)<br />
:The '''head''' is one world;<br />
:one world the '''neck''',<br />
:one world the '''breast''',<br />
:and '''each leg''' is one world (even so),<br />
:unto the '''liver''',<br />
:and '''spleen''',<br />
:'''bowels''',<br />
:'''stomach''',<br />
:'''liver''' (sic),<br />
:the '''male organs'''<br />
:and the '''womb'''<br />
:and '''skin'''<br />
:and '''hair'''<br />
:and '''nails'''<br />
:and '''back'''<br />
:and '''viscera'''<br />
:each one of them is a (separate) world.<br />
<br />
:And when they converse together<br />
:it is like (talk) between persons in whom there is no hatred, envy or dissension.<br />
:And if, amongst all these (worlds),<br />
:there be (one) superfluous or another lacking from the structure,<br />
:(that is) in the Body,<br />
:the whole Body is harmed,<br />
:for they counterpoise one another,<br />
:and the Soul dwelleth in their midst as they (dwell) with one another.<br />
<br />
:And if they are not counterpoised,<br />
:one corrupteth the other and they,<br />
:together with Body and Soul,<br />
:are not mutally established.<br />
<br />
;(218)<br />
:For when the Body was formed,<br />
:a Soul (nišimta) was formed,<br />
:and when the Soul took shape in the Body,<br />
:the Body formed the Vital Spirit (ruha).<br />
<br />
:And when both had taken shape,<br />
:the Womb was formed.<br />
:For the Womb is a great world,<br />
:there is no (world) greater or more powerful than It.<br />
<br />
:And the Blood that is within it is lovely Radiance (or Light),<br />
:and the Blood that is in its Heart is precious and sublime Radiance,<br />
:and the blood in its Liver is lovely and plenteous Radiance,<br />
:that moveth in all the Body.<br />
<br />
:And the blood that is in the Veins is flowing Radiance,<br />
:These are the 4 Lights (Emanations of Light) which control the Body,<br />
:if they had been (but) three,<br />
:the Body would not be established.<br />
<br />
:If the juices of the liver imbibe from them,<br />
:4 fluids intermingle,<br />
:they are (become?) one:<br />
:fluids which plasma deposits,<br />
:and they are wholesome,<br />
:(some) are gathered from the eyes;<br />
:other fluids gathered from the ears;<br />
:further, mingled fluids are gathered from the nostrils.<br />
<br />
;(219)<br />
:Moreover, these 4 humours resemble blood and water;<br />
:each of which has its own (inherent) quality.<br />
:From these, 4 qualities and 4 colours arise,<br />
:and of these 4 humours<br />
#one of them is red,<br />
#one of them yellow,<br />
#one of them white<br />
#and one of them black.<br />
:And from the black one evil impurities originate which injure spirit and soul,<br />
:and they fear it and quake before it.<br />
<br />
;(220)<br />
:Then there are 4 other qualities which proceed from the watery humours by which the whole body is interpenetrated.<br />
:The quality of one is wholesome and pleasing so that the soul (gladly)-sitteth in its company.<br />
:And one of them is pungent mysteries of the body,<br />
:and one of them is troublesome,<br />
:bile is its name.<br />
:For the blend of mysteries are held together by stability,<br />
:(each one) with all its brethren.<br />
:4 winds are kept within it.<br />
:And of these 4 qualities,<br />
:each one of them has 4 attributes: thus there are 16 attributes,<br />
:and each of these 16 (have) 32 characteristics,<br />
:and of those 32 characteristics 64 qualities (tendencies) characterise the Body:<br />
:heating, drying and consuming;<br />
:hence they are called 64 sins.<br />
:Every man whose soul is delivered from these cities (?),<br />
:64 sins, namely these, shall be loosed from him...<br />
<br />
;(221)<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!...<br />
:So, when she (the soul) reacheth the 7 mysteries,<br />
:a servant of the 7 went forth towards her and came and embraced her and said to her<br />
:"Whence comest thou and whither goest thou?"<br />
<br />
:I will say to him<br />
:"I come from the Body the name of which is ‘earth’ and I journey towards the Good Kimṣa."<br />
<br />
:And the servant said (will say?) to her (the soul)<br />
:"Who art thou and of whom art thou called a messenger?"<br />
<br />
:I will say to him<br />
:"I am the servant of the beloved Kimṣa and the messenger of Ayar-Sagia."<br />
<br />
:Then they bless and praise her and say to her:<br />
:"Every man who knoweth this saying will rise towards the good Kimṣa because he seeketh to control the mysteries of the body."<br />
<br />
:And they question her<br />
:and then she riseth up towards the good Kimṣa.<br />
:Finis.<br />
<br />
===Commentary===<br />
;(222)<br />
:This is a secret mystery and explanation of the Body,<br />
:that is esoteric and not revealed,<br />
:which I have copied who am poor, lowly, striving and child-like,<br />
:a slave who is all sin.<br />
:I am Zakia-Zihrun....<br />
<br />
;(223)<br />
:The earth is a Body and air (ayar) is the soul therein.<br />
:And its burgeoningsforth are its bones and the rivers are its veins;<br />
:its blood is the ocean and its womb...<br />
:The copper earth is the legs upon which the body is supported,<br />
:and its supporting columns are in the earth...<br />
:the Body and its size,<br />
:its convexity and its extent...<br />
:and the hair of the head,<br />
:the eyebrows and eyelashes,<br />
:hair beneath the buttocks and breasts,<br />
:and the hair of the whole body.<br />
:Moreover, each extremity is the (end of) one world.<br />
:The right is a world and the left a world;<br />
:the breasts are 2 worlds and the 2 feet 2 worlds,<br />
:and the 2 shanks 2 worlds and the knees 2 worlds.<br />
:The 2 thighs are 2 worlds and the whole trunk is 2 worlds.<br />
<br />
;(224)<br />
:And the male organ is vigorous in its strength and imperial majesty:<br />
:the body, the earth and heavens and the worlds of light and darkness,<br />
:are equipped therewith.<br />
:It is a strong implement,<br />
:and kingliness resembleth it,<br />
:for the whole Body and the kings are safeguarded thereby<br />
:and no trees, birds, animals, cattle or running waters can escape its compulsion.<br />
:For 7 kings are incorporated therein standing in 7 garments and written with 7 letters namely,<br />
:'''GABARUT(A)''' (virility) — their name.<br />
<br />
:For it (the male organ) is the channel of mysteries,<br />
:it is a wellspring and hair cometh out from it;<br />
:thereby the senses are held.<br />
:For it is a great mystery to those who perform (its function);<br />
:who erect it in purity and not to excess.<br />
:(As for) those who deprave it,<br />
:they are cast from the height down to the uttermost limit of the worlds.<br />
:The eye is not opened which beholdeth all worlds;<br />
:their eyes are dazzled and they behold them not!<br />
<br />
;(225)<br />
:So, when thou releasest seed and hast been orderly in (the act) and its fount fell upon the mystery of the womb within her,<br />
:which is alight at it (responsive to it) seed and blood love one another and seek their vehicle;<br />
:a soul, a body and a vital spirit.<br />
:And by them kings and regents,<br />
:(yea) and the whole world, are created.<br />
:And so, when they approach one another,<br />
:soul and spirit rejoice at that mystery.<br />
:As it (the male seed) neared the mystery of the womb,<br />
:the soul rejoiced and addressed a hymn to it and said:—<br />
<br />
;(226)<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:On the day the Radiance became manifest.<br />
:And emerged from the Inner Radiance,<br />
:The counterpart of the Jordan formed itself in its mirror.<br />
:Its counterpart was formed in a jordan that was its mirror,<br />
:And in the Ether water was produced.<br />
:A jordan issued in radiancy<br />
:And water in the Ether was shed abroad;<br />
:Shed abroad were the waters in the Ether-air,<br />
:And the power of Light divulged itself;<br />
:It expressed itself,<br />
:increased and multiplied.<br />
:And the Crown was established,<br />
:and the Wreath twined;<br />
:Twined was the Wreath and the leaves of myrtle flourished,<br />
:They flourished,<br />
:the leaves of the myrtle,<br />
:And trees bore their burden (of fruit).<br />
:Nasirutha spoke in them and twined their purities on kings<br />
:From the beginning unto the end.<br />
:Finis.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Secret Book of John#Creation of Adam]]<br />
*[[Creation of the Light of Muhammad]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
*Drower, Ethel S. (1960). ''The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia)''. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Gnosticism]]<br />
[[Category:Mandaeism]]<br />
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The '''''Tafsir Pagra''''' ("The Explanation of the Body") makes up Book 1, Part 2 of the ''1012 Questions'', a Mandaean text (Drower 1960).<br />
<br />
==Tafsir Pagra==<br />
;(216)<br />
:... And so, when food goes down and reacheth the inside, the lower belly;<br />
:Šdum-Daiwa cometh and by his agency and strength he bringeth the excrements forth by way of Karafiun and 2 worlds so that they come and fall into<br />
#'''Ṣihiun''' ('''Zion'''), a valley which is the dumping-ground of dung and urine in one place.<br />
#It is the world below the '''ocean'''<br />
#and the ocean is beneath the world of '''Ptahil'''.<br />
#And the world of Ptahil is extended (ptian) beneath the '''earthly world''',<br />
#and the earthly world is beneath the world of '''Mšunia-Kušṭa'''<br />
#and Mšunia-Kušṭa below the world of '''Abathur'''.<br />
#And the world of Abathur is below the world of '''outflowing waters''',<br />
#and the world of outflowing waters below the world of the pure '''Yušamin'''.<br />
#And the world of the pure Yušamin is beneath the world of '''Yukabar-Kušṭa-Kana'''<br />
#and the world of Yukabar-Kušṭa-Kana below the world of '''Yawar-Ziwa''';<br />
#and the world of Yawar-Ziwa is below the world of '''Tarwan-Nhura'''.<br />
#And the world of Tarwan-Nhura is beneath the world of '''Yawar-Rba'''<br />
#and the world of Yawar-Rba beneath the world of '''Šahrat-Anana''',<br />
#And the world of Šahrat-Anana is below the world of '''Kanat-Rabtia'''<br />
#and the world of Kanat-Rabtia below the world of '''Mara-d-Rabutha'''.<br />
#And the world of Mara-d-Rabutha and the '''great mighty Mana''',<br />
#and the '''great Father of Glory''',<br />
#and '''Šišlam-Rba''',<br />
#'''Abathur-Rama'''<br />
#and '''Sam-Mana-Smira''' —<br />
#(yea even) the '''House of the Lofty Radiance''' —<br />
:all of them constitute one Mšunia-Kušṭa.<br />
<br />
:And to each of them their light is mutually visible, pleasing and displayed;<br />
:and their rays are formed like one another,<br />
:for they are all of light;<br />
:all (form part) of a single Body,<br />
:and each one of them that existeth in the Body is a world;<br />
:when separated (taken separately) each one of them is a world.<br />
:When (If) it happened that these worlds separated,<br />
:it would be as if one of them divided:<br />
:one is the Body and one the division.<br />
<br />
;(217)<br />
:The '''head''' is one world;<br />
:one world the '''neck''',<br />
:one world the '''breast''',<br />
:and '''each leg''' is one world (even so),<br />
:unto the '''liver''',<br />
:and '''spleen''',<br />
:'''bowels''',<br />
:'''stomach''',<br />
:'''liver''' (sic),<br />
:the '''male organs'''<br />
:and the '''womb'''<br />
:and '''skin'''<br />
:and '''hair'''<br />
:and '''nails'''<br />
:and '''back'''<br />
:and '''viscera'''<br />
:each one of them is a (separate) world.<br />
<br />
:And when they converse together<br />
:it is like (talk) between persons in whom there is no hatred, envy or dissension.<br />
:And if, amongst all these (worlds),<br />
:there be (one) superfluous or another lacking from the structure,<br />
:(that is) in the Body,<br />
:the whole Body is harmed,<br />
:for they counterpoise one another,<br />
:and the Soul dwelleth in their midst as they (dwell) with one another.<br />
<br />
:And if they are not counterpoised,<br />
:one corrupteth the other and they,<br />
:together with Body and Soul,<br />
:are not mutally established.<br />
<br />
;(218)<br />
:For when the Body was formed,<br />
:a Soul (nišimta) was formed,<br />
:and when the Soul took shape in the Body,<br />
:the Body formed the Vital Spirit (ruha).<br />
<br />
:And when both had taken shape,<br />
:the Womb was formed.<br />
:For the Womb is a great world,<br />
:there is no (world) greater or more powerful than It.<br />
<br />
:And the Blood that is within it is lovely Radiance (or Light),<br />
:and the Blood that is in its Heart is precious and sublime Radiance,<br />
:and the blood in its Liver is lovely and plenteous Radiance,<br />
:that moveth in all the Body.<br />
<br />
:And the blood that is in the Veins is flowing Radiance,<br />
:These are the 4 Lights (Emanations of Light) which control the Body,<br />
:if they had been (but) three,<br />
:the Body would not be established.<br />
<br />
:If the juices of the liver imbibe from them,<br />
:4 fluids intermingle,<br />
:they are (become?) one:<br />
:fluids which plasma deposits,<br />
:and they are wholesome,<br />
:(some) are gathered from the eyes;<br />
:other fluids gathered from the ears;<br />
:further, mingled fluids are gathered from the nostrils.<br />
<br />
;(219)<br />
:Moreover, these 4 humours resemble blood and water;<br />
:each of which has its own (inherent) quality.<br />
:From these, 4 qualities and 4 colours arise,<br />
:and of these 4 humours<br />
:one of them is red,<br />
:one of them yellow,<br />
:one of them white<br />
:and one of them black.<br />
:And from the black one evil impurities originate which injure spirit and soul,<br />
:and they fear it and quake before it.<br />
<br />
;(220)<br />
:Then there are 4 other qualities which proceed from the watery humours by which the whole body is interpenetrated.<br />
:The quality of one is wholesome and pleasing so that the soul (gladly)-sitteth in its company.<br />
:And one of them is pungent mysteries of the body,<br />
:and one of them is troublesome,<br />
:bile is its name.<br />
:For the blend of mysteries are held together by stability,<br />
:(each one) with all its brethren.<br />
:Four winds are kept within it.<br />
:And of these 4 qualities,<br />
:each one of them has 4 attributes: thus there are 16 attributes,<br />
:and each of these 16 (have) 32 characteristics,<br />
:and of those 32 characteristics 64 qualities (tendencies) characterise the Body:<br />
:heating, drying and consuming;<br />
:hence they are called 64 sins.<br />
:Every man whose soul is delivered from these cities (?),<br />
:64 sins, namely these, shall be loosed from him...<br />
<br />
;(221)<br />
:In the name of the Great Life!...<br />
:So, when she (the soul) reacheth the 7 mysteries,<br />
:a servant of the 7 went forth towards her and came and embraced her and said to her<br />
:"Whence comest thou and whither goest thou?"<br />
<br />
:I will say to him<br />
:"I come from the Body the name of which is ‘earth’ and I journey towards the Good Kimṣa."<br />
<br />
:And the servant said (will say?) to her (the soul)<br />
:"Who art thou and of whom art thou called a messenger?"<br />
<br />
:I will say to him<br />
:"I am the servant of the beloved Kimṣa and the messenger of Ayar-Sagia."<br />
<br />
:Then they bless and praise her and say to her:<br />
:"Every man who knoweth this saying will rise towards the good Kimṣa because he seeketh to control the mysteries of the body."<br />
<br />
:And they question her<br />
:and then she riseth up towards the good Kimṣa.<br />
:Finis.<br />
<br />
===Commentary===<br />
;(222)<br />
:This is a secret mystery and explanation of the Body,<br />
:that is esoteric and not revealed,<br />
:which I have copied who am poor, lowly, striving and child-like,<br />
:a slave who is all sin.<br />
:I am Zakia-Zihrun....<br />
<br />
;(223)<br />
:The earth is a Body and air (ayar) is the soul therein.<br />
:And its burgeoningsforth are its bones and the rivers are its veins;<br />
:its blood is the ocean and its womb...<br />
:The copper earth is the legs upon which the body is supported,<br />
:and its supporting columns are in the earth...<br />
:the Body and its size,<br />
:its convexity and its extent...<br />
:and the hair of the head,<br />
:the eyebrows and eyelashes,<br />
:hair beneath the buttocks and breasts,<br />
:and the hair of the whole body.<br />
:Moreover, each extremity is the (end of) one world.<br />
:The right is a world and the left a world;<br />
:the breasts are 2 worlds and the 2 feet 2 worlds,<br />
:and the 2 shanks 2 worlds and the knees 2 worlds.<br />
:The 2 thighs are 2 worlds and the whole trunk is 2 worlds.<br />
<br />
;(224)<br />
:And the male organ is vigorous in its strength and imperial majesty:<br />
:the body, the earth and heavens and the worlds of light and darkness,<br />
:are equipped therewith.<br />
:It is a strong implement,<br />
:and kingliness resembleth it,<br />
:for the whole Body and the kings are safeguarded thereby<br />
:and no trees, birds, animals, cattle or running waters can escape its compulsion.<br />
:For 7 kings are incorporated therein standing in 7 garments and written with 7 letters namely,<br />
:'''GABARUT(A)''' (virility) — their name.<br />
<br />
:For it (the male organ) is the channel of mysteries,<br />
:it is a wellspring and hair cometh out from it;<br />
:thereby the senses are held.<br />
:For it is a great mystery to those who perform (its function);<br />
:who erect it in purity and not to excess.<br />
:(As for) those who deprave it,<br />
:they are cast from the height down to the uttermost limit of the worlds.<br />
:The eye is not opened which beholdeth all worlds;<br />
:their eyes are dazzled and they behold them not!<br />
<br />
;(225)<br />
:So, when thou releasest seed and hast been orderly in (the act) and its fount fell upon the mystery of the womb within her,<br />
:which is alight at it (responsive to it) seed and blood love one another and seek their vehicle;<br />
:a soul, a body and a vital spirit.<br />
:And by them kings and regents,<br />
:(yea) and the whole world, are created.<br />
:And so, when they approach one another,<br />
:soul and spirit rejoice at that mystery.<br />
:As it (the male seed) neared the mystery of the womb,<br />
:the soul rejoiced and addressed a hymn to it and said:—<br />
<br />
;(226)<br />
:In the Name of the Great Life!<br />
:On the day the Radiance became manifest.<br />
:And emerged from the Inner Radiance,<br />
:The counterpart of the Jordan formed itself in its mirror.<br />
:Its counterpart was formed in a jordan that was its mirror,<br />
:And in the Ether water was produced.<br />
:A jordan issued in radiancy<br />
:And water in the Ether was shed abroad;<br />
:Shed abroad were the waters in the Ether-air,<br />
:And the power of Light divulged itself;<br />
:It expressed itself,<br />
:increased and multiplied.<br />
:And the Crown was established,<br />
:and the Wreath twined;<br />
:Twined was the Wreath and the leaves of myrtle flourished,<br />
:They flourished,<br />
:the leaves of the myrtle,<br />
:And trees bore their burden (of fruit).<br />
:Nasirutha spoke in them and twined their purities on kings<br />
:From the beginning unto the end.<br />
:Finis.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Secret Book of John#Creation of Adam]]<br />
*[[Creation of the Light of Muhammad]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
*Drower, Ethel S. (1960). ''The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia)''. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Outline==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 4 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
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==References==<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
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| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
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| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
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| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
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| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
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==Outline==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 4 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting,<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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* {{cite book | last=Gardner | first=Iain | title=The Kephalaia of the Teacher | series=Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies | volume=37 | publisher=Brill | publication-place=Leiden | date=1995 | isbn=978-90-04-10248-4}}<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
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==Outline==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 4 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting,<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book | last=Gardner | first=Iain | title=The Kephalaia of the Teacher | series=Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies | volume=37 | publisher=Brill | publication-place=Leiden | date=1995 | isbn=978-90-04-10248-4}}<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
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==Outline==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 5 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting,<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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* {{cite book | last=Gardner | first=Iain | title=The Kephalaia of the Teacher | series=Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies | volume=37 | publisher=Brill | publication-place=Leiden | date=1995 | isbn=978-90-04-10248-4}}<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
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==Outline==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the<br />
utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 5 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting,<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
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==References==<br />
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The '''''Kephalaia of the Teacher''''' is a Manichaean text. It is a Coptic text that was found as part of the Medinet Madi Library.<br />
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==Chapters==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Chapter !! Title<br />
|-<br />
| 0 || (Introduction)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Concerning the Four great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the Four Nights.<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Concerning Four Hunters of Light and Four of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Concerning the Five Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the Five Rulers, the Five Spirits, the Five Bodies, the Five Tastes.<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || The Seventh, concerning the Five Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Concerning the Fourteen Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Fourteen great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Concerning the Interpretation of the Five Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Concerning the Five Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the Five Resurrections.<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Concerning the ... Five Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Concerning the Five Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || The Chapter of the Three Seasons.<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Concerning the Five Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Concerning the Five Releases; what they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || ... the Land of Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || ... which ...<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Concerning the Advent of Five Fathers from the Five Limbs of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Concerning the Five Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || Concerning the Twelve judges of the Father.<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || Concerning the Eighteen great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || Concerning the Three Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 31 || Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 32 || Concerning the Seven Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
|-<br />
| 33 || Concerning the Five Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || Concerning the Ten Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
|-<br />
| 35 || Concerning the Four Works of the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || Concerning the Three Zones.<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || Concerning the Three Days and the Two Deaths.<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || Concerning the Three Things that were established by the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || Concerning the Three Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 42 || Concerning the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 43 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 44 || Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || Concerning the Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 46 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || Concerning the Four great Things.<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || Concerning the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 52 || Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
|-<br />
| 53 || Concerning the First Man.<br />
|-<br />
| 54 || Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
|-<br />
| 55 || Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 56 || Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || The Four Powers that grieve.<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
|-<br />
| 60 || Concerning the Four Fathers; what they are like.<br />
|-<br />
| 61 || Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || Concerning the Three Rocks.<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || Concerning Love.<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || Concerning Adam.<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || Concerning the Sun.<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
|-<br />
| 67 || Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
|-<br />
| 68 || Concerning Fire.<br />
|-<br />
| 69 || Concerning the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the Five Stars.<br />
|-<br />
| 70 || Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
|-<br />
| 71 || Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
|-<br />
| 72 || Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
|-<br />
| 73 || Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
|-<br />
| 74 || Concerning the living Fire: It is present in Eight Places.<br />
|-<br />
| 75 || Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
|-<br />
| 76 || Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
|-<br />
| 77 || The Chapter of the Four Kingdoms.<br />
|-<br />
| 78 || Concerning the Four Things over which People kill each other.<br />
|-<br />
| 79 || Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
|-<br />
| 80 || The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
|-<br />
| 81 || The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
|-<br />
| 82 || The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
|-<br />
| 83 || Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
|-<br />
| 84 || Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 85 || Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
|-<br />
| 86 || The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
|-<br />
| 87 || Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
|-<br />
| 88 || Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
|-<br />
| 89 || The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
|-<br />
| 90 || Concerning the Fifteen Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the Three Paths to Gehenna.<br />
|-<br />
| 91 || Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
|-<br />
| 92 || The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
|-<br />
| 93 || A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
|-<br />
| 94 || Concerning the Purification of these Four Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
|-<br />
| 95 || The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
|-<br />
| 96 || The Three Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
|-<br />
| 97 || Concerning the Three Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
|-<br />
| 98 || What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
|-<br />
| 99 || Concerning Transmigration.<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Concerning the Dragon with Fourteen Heads; what it is and...<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Concerning the Five Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to Five Products of the human Body.<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Concerning the Three Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Concerning the Fifty Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (Fifty); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || Concerning the Four Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the Three Vessels.<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || Concerning the Three Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || ...<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Concerning the Two Essences.<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
|}<br />
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==Contents==<br />
#Concerning the Advent of the Apostle.<br />
#The Second, concerning the Parable of the Tree.<br />
#The Interpretation of Happiness, Wisdom and Power; what they signify.<br />
##Happiness: Mind of the Father; Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##Wisdom: Virgin of Light; 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Power: all the gods, the rich ones and the angels who are established in it; 5 sons of the First Man<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Days that have come forth from one another; together with the 4 Nights.<br />
##4 days<br />
###the Father, the God of truth. 12 hours = 12 great rich Gods of greatness.<br />
###Third Ambassador, the one who dwells in the light ship. 12 hours = 12 virgins.<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the great porter that is greater than all the porters; the one that supports all. 12 hours = 5 sons of the First Man; 5 sons of the Living Spirit; the 7 and the obedience.<br />
###Jesus the Splendour who dwells in his church. 12 hours = 12 wisdoms.<br />
##4 nights<br />
###land of darkness. It has 12 black shadows therein, which are its dark hours<br />
###Matter, the sculptress ... who has sculpted ... and the entire ruling-power that is in the worlds of darkness.<br />
###5 worlds of flesh, 5 male, and 5 female;<br />
###law of sin, which is the dark spirit who speaks in the 12 spirits, the 12 sects.<br />
#Concerning 4 Hunters of Light and 4 of Darkness.<br />
##4 Hunters of Light<br />
###First Man who was sent from the Greatness<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great counsel<br />
##4 Hunters of Darkness<br />
###King of Darkness<br />
###evil counsel<br />
###lust<br />
###spirit of darkness, the law of sin and death<br />
#Concerning the 5 Storehouses that have poured forth from the Land of Darkness since the Beginning; the 5 Rulers, the 5 Spirits, the 5 Bodies, the 5 Tastes.<br />
##King of Darkness: faces<br />
###head = lion<br />
###hands and feet = demon and devil<br />
###shoulders = eagle<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##King of Darkness: properties<br />
###darkness<br />
###putridity<br />
###ugliness<br />
###bitterness, his own soul<br />
###burning<br />
##King of Darkness: 3 characteristics<br />
###his body is hard and very tough<br />
###wounds and kills by the word of his magic arts<br />
###the King of the realms of Darkness knows the converse and language of his five worlds<br />
##5 Kings of the worlds<br />
###Darkness: gold<br />
###Fire: lion<br />
###Wind: eagle<br />
###Water: fish<br />
###Darkness: dragon<br />
#The 7th, concerning the 5 Fathers.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###Great Spirit, the first Mother<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
###Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
###glorious Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Virgin of Light, the glorious wisdom<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
###Light Mind<br />
###great Judge<br />
###the Youth, the great ... light in his two persons<br />
##Light Mind<br />
###Apostle of Light<br />
###counterpart, who shall come to the apostle and appear to him, becoming companion to him<br />
###Light Form<br />
##Light Form<br />
#Concerning the 14 Vehicles that Jesus has boarded.<br />
##light ship<br />
##ship of the First Man<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man<br />
##the 7 that he clothed upon his body<br />
##the obedience that he swathed upon the 7<br />
##living air<br />
##living wind<br />
##light that illuminates<br />
##living water<br />
##living fire<br />
##holy brothers<br />
##pure sisters<br />
##catechumens, the sons of the faith<br />
##catechumens, the daughters of the light and truth<br />
#The Explanation of the Peace, what it is; the Right Hand; the Kiss; the Salutation.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 14 great Aeons, about which Sethel has spoken in his Prayer.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of all the Fathers of Light, who are distinguished from one another.<br />
#Concerning the Interpretation of the 5 Words that are proclaimed in the Universe.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Saviours, the Resurrectors of they who are Dead; together with the 5 Resurrections.<br />
##?<br />
##?<br />
##the father, the first ...<br />
##the Light Mind<br />
##he Father, the first established one<br />
#The Interpretation of the Silence, the Fast, the Peace, the Day, and the Rest; what they are.<br />
#Concerning the ... 5 Parts ... Worlds of ...<br />
##?<br />
##they were sculpted ... those in which death was established<br />
##?<br />
##evil fruits ... in the 5 trees that are in the 5 worlds of the land of darkness<br />
##the 5 worlds of f1esh, the 5 creations of darkness. It spread itself out to 10 parts, 5 male parts and 5 female parts ...<br />
#Concerning the 5 Greatnesses who went forth against the Darkness.<br />
##Father of Greatness<br />
###4 greatnesses<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Beloved of the Lights, the Great Builder, the Living Spirit + 5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador, and the Pillar of Glory<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
#The Chapter of the 3 Seasons.<br />
##the time when the First Man went down to the Abyss<br />
##the time when the First Man ascended<br />
##the time when the Ambassador revealed his image<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wars that the Sons of Light waged with the Sons of Darkness.<br />
##First living Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the glorious one<br />
##counsel of life<br />
#Concerning the 5 Releases; what they are.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##great counsel<br />
#The Chapter of the Name of the Fathers.<br />
#Concerning the Father of Greatness: how he is established and determined.<br />
#... the Land of Light.<br />
#... which ...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the Advent of 5 Fathers from the 5 Limbs of the Father.<br />
##light that enlightens<br />
##perfume of the ...<br />
##living voice of ...<br />
##-ness ...<br />
##great glorious ...<br />
#Concerning the First Man and the Ambassador and the Ship; what they resemble.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Forms that exist in the Rulers of Darkness.<br />
##5 forms<br />
###head = lion<br />
###wings and shoulders = eagle<br />
###hands and feet = demons<br />
###belly = dragon<br />
###tail = fish<br />
##3 qualities<br />
###his powers<br />
###his magic arts<br />
###his body is strong<br />
##3 abilities<br />
###fire<br />
###frost<br />
###Whenever his powers are stood before him, he shall look at them and understand<br />
#Concerning the 12 judges of the Father.<br />
##First Man<br />
##Living Spirit<br />
##Mother of Life, the Great Spirit<br />
##Great Builder<br />
##great King of Honour<br />
##Third Ambassador<br />
##... the worlds ...<br />
##Jesus the Splendour<br />
##Virgin of Light<br />
##Judge<br />
##Light Mind<br />
##great counsel<br />
#Concerning the 18 great Thrones of all the Fathers.<br />
##outer aeons (eternal realm)<br />
###the Father, the God of truth, the King of the aeons of greatness, the one who exists<br />
###glorious Mother of Life<br />
###the father, the First Man<br />
###Beloved of the Lights<br />
###glorious Great Builder<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Third Ambassador<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###great Mind<br />
##this world of the zone (this universe)<br />
###Ambassador<br />
###Great Spirit<br />
###Living Spirit<br />
###Jesus the Splendour<br />
###First Man<br />
###Virgin of Light<br />
###great King of Honour<br />
###Judge of truth<br />
###apostle in the holy church<br />
#Concerning the 3 Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Summons, in which Limb of the Soul it descended to the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the 7 Works of the Living Spirit.<br />
##He brought the First Man up from the contest, the way a pearl is brought up from the sea.<br />
##He spread about the one who had rebelled, he crucified him in every body.<br />
##He trampled, piled up, and pierced the essences of death.<br />
##He constructed the ships of light.<br />
##He evoked his five sons, and distributed them about.<br />
##He arose and sent forth a multitude of powers and many angels.<br />
##At the time when the Ambassador displayed his glorious image, the Living Spirit established many gods and angels.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Things that he constructed with the hard Bodies of the Rulers.<br />
##disc that is placed upon the shoulder of the Porter<br />
##arches of the pillar that is before him<br />
##mould of the form for the gehennas<br />
##7 pillars that he has erected in the great sea, in the 7 parts of the universe<br />
##4 walls that surround the vessels<br />
#Concerning the 10 Things that the Ambassador began by his Advent.<br />
##The Great Builder came forth to build the new aeon.<br />
##The ships moved through the heights in the heavens.<br />
##The wheels begin to send the life to earth and the upper worlds.<br />
##?<br />
##the doors of the ships, that they were opened up<br />
##the doors too ... that they were opened to receive the waste.<br />
##the sin, which he had separated from the rulers by cause of the Third Ambassador; it fell upon the earth.<br />
##Night and day were separated ...<br />
##The abortions fell to the ground.<br />
##Transmigrations came about in the zone.<br />
#Concerning the 4 Works of the Ambassador.<br />
##his image that he displayed in a glorious image<br />
##all the doors of the firmaments that were opened at that time<br />
##the light and the releasing that was purified by his image<br />
##his light ship<br />
#Concerning the Wheel that exists in front of the King of Honour.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Zones.<br />
##5 powers of darkness, males and females<br />
##5 sons of the First Man<br />
##5 sons of the Living Spirit<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind and the Apostles and the Saints.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Days and the 2 Deaths.<br />
##3 days<br />
###our father, the Man<br />
###the fathers of light will sit on their thrones in the new aeon and dwell on the new earth<br />
###e Father will unveil over them his image<br />
##2 deaths<br />
###temporal: the time when the light fell to the darkness<br />
###eternal: the death in which the souls of sinful men shall die<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that were established by the Light.<br />
##the new luminous earth<br />
##the new earth, the coffin ... of the dark fire, the companion of the enemy<br />
##the souls of all the sinners who have been condemned by their deeds<br />
#Concerning the 3 Blows that befell the Enemy because of the Light.<br />
##The enemy was brought out to the middle and separated from his dark earth, whence he had departed.<br />
##when he will be dissolved and melted, and he perishes in this great fire<br />
##the ‘rolling back’ at the end when everything will be separated, and male will be divided from female<br />
#Concerning the 3 Vessels.<br />
##garments<br />
###garment of water<br />
###garment of wind<br />
###garment of living fire<br />
##deeds<br />
###So that evil-doing does not increase in the universe, neither in the creations nor in the trees ... it has set itself up in 3 things.<br />
####...<br />
####error<br />
####fire<br />
###All the heavens ... of the sediment and the pollution ... so that ... surpasses in them ...<br />
###The heavens and the firmaments ... burden ... relieved from the weight-carriers ... and it ceased being heavy. This rich one ... above.<br />
###That they might purify and cleanse their dwelling places<br />
###Because the greatness and the rich ness that dwells in these ships, as it ... you might find them living in these ships, purified and holy.<br />
###That you might find the mixed, incomplete, and unconfined temples above at rest and purified; since rest will reach them and pass through them and purify them.<br />
###nature alone of the vessels, which will advance and extend to their places and sites ...<br />
###That great enclosures and walls would be made, and confine everything.<br />
###When the apostles ... them, they shall return to the universe and give a sign of ... the dissolution of the universe.<br />
###That they would become releasers and purifiers of every thing at the end of the universe like the fire ... burns<br />
###will make a crossing ... and the entire ruling-power ... to the outer land, for they were not envious of this ... a man who is richer than them; because the aeons of light are outside ... the place ... of peace, the place of honour and grace, the place where the joy of the householders who dwell in it shall never pass away nor recede.<br />
###That you might find all the deeds of loss hidden from the aeons of light, because of the wall of fire that surrounds the entire building; and these un clean things are displayed (only) in its ...<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Sea Giant.<br />
#Concerning the Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the 4 great Things.<br />
##powers who occur in the 10 firmaments that exist above the wheel<br />
##the 8 earths that are below; the 4 that are composite, and the 4 places of darkness<br />
##the walls and the vessels that surround the worlds. They are the 4 mountains and the 3 vessels<br />
##the sphere of the stars<br />
#Concerning the 3 Conduits.<br />
##the root of all the powers above<br />
##the one that comes from the temples and dwellings and cities that exist in the heavens down to the ground, to the 5 shapes of tree that grow upon the earth<br />
##all the powers and householders who dwell in all 5 firmaments, whose roots come down from them to the five worlds of flesh that creep upon the earth, being fixed to one another<br />
#Concerning the Wheel and the Conduits.<br />
#Concerning these Names: God, Rich One, and Angel; who they are.<br />
##God<br />
##rich ones<br />
##angels<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the ... of the Light.<br />
#Concerning the First Man.<br />
#Concerning the Quality of the Garments.<br />
#Concerning the Fashioning of Adam.<br />
#Concerning Saklas and his Powers.<br />
#Concerning the Generation of Adam.<br />
#The 4 Powers that grieve.<br />
##the first Mother of Life<br />
##the First Man<br />
##I<br />
##?<br />
#The Chapter of the Elements that wept.<br />
##when they had seen the darkness<br />
##their father, the First Man, ascended from the abyss of darkness and left them behind;<br />
##when the Living Spirit stripped off the three garments of activity, placing them beneath all things<br />
##the Statue will be taken up on the last day, and they will weep for the souls of the liars and blasphemers<br />
#Concerning the 4 Fathers; what they are like.<br />
#Concerning the Garment of the Waters: how great is its Measure.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Rocks.<br />
##the Pillar of Glory, the Perfect Man, which was summoned by the glorious Ambassador<br />
##the new earth of light, which was set upon the earth of darkness<br />
##the great thought, which was summoned from Jesus, the glorious one<br />
#Concerning Love.<br />
#Concerning Adam.<br />
##3 great things that are distinct were revealed in Ad am the first human.<br />
###The image of the exalted one was placed upon him<br />
###Adam was shaped in his structure through the light of the first-born of heaven and earth ... the five sons.<br />
###the teachings and counsels and the seal of all the powers above and below<br />
##the rulers determined and formed Adam so that they would be masters through him a nd conceive the kingdom because of 7 things<br />
###He became the enlightener in their creation; instead of the light of the image of the Ambassador who had displayed himself to them above.<br />
###So that they would scoop up the light through him and restrain and obstruct it from its ascent to the heights.<br />
###So that because of the image of the Ambassador that is placed upon him the entirety of the divine that is above and below would be humiliated.<br />
###He is a seal-ring and a new impression<br />
###That might be displayed through him all the skills of the powers<br />
###That there would come to be a great protection for them 20 through the image of the exalted one that was placed upon him<br />
###That he might become chief and king and master over all creatures; and they might conceive the kingdom through him.<br />
#Concerning the Sun.<br />
##Every day, would this great light-giver shine its light, it shall do 7 good things for them.<br />
###its light, which it shines upon them<br />
###When (the sun) is come to the world, with its coming it shall bring calm and peace to the entire world.<br />
###its vigil; because when (the sun) comes to the world all sleeping mankind shall arise 30 and awake.<br />
###It shall nourish, and give strength, taste and scent<br />
###the evil reptile and the sharp-toothed beasts that are filled of wickedness, they shall flee to hiding in their dens.<br />
###wound of any person is eased from pain<br />
###the sign of the splendour of the aeons of light, from which it has come out<br />
##Every occasion, would the night fall, it sha11 do 7 evils in the world.<br />
###the darkness<br />
###its fear; ... its shadow<br />
###heaviness of sleep<br />
###all creatures take up revolt<br />
###its ugliness<br />
###fall on the world<br />
###the sign of the darkness, its father<br />
##5 archetypes occur in the sun<br />
###its light<br />
###its beauty<br />
###its peace<br />
###the living soul<br />
###a strength to the elements; a scent and a taste to the entire Cross of the Light.<br />
##3 archetypes made apparent by the sun<br />
###the filling up of the disk of its ship<br />
###The sun's light ... corresponding to the mystery of the light of the Father<br />
###This sun is very high above all else.<br />
#Concerning the Ambassador.<br />
#Concerning the Light-Giver.<br />
#Concerning Fire.<br />
##5 works<br />
###It incinerates and burns wood<br />
###It separates 4 aspects of the wood:<br />
####fire<br />
####light<br />
####ash<br />
####smoke<br />
###It gives a taste and an aroma to whatever will be cooked on it. It also gives heat and cheer to whoever will be close to it.<br />
###All craftsmen shall work the<br />
utensils that they will fabricate in it.<br />
###It shall display light, and the people see by it.<br />
#Concerning the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and the 5 Stars.<br />
##12 signs of the zodiac<br />
##5 stars<br />
#Concerning the Body: It was constructed after the Pattern of the Universe.<br />
##There exist 5 great camps in this great outer zone, of which the 5 sons of the Living Spirit are masters.<br />
###Keeper of Splendour<br />
###the great King of Honour<br />
###the Adamant<br />
###the King of Glory<br />
###the Porter<br />
##There exist 5 worlds in this body of the flesh, and there exist countless times 7 rulers in the body of the 4 worlds<br />
###from its neck up<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 organs of sight<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of hearing<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the 2 of smell<br />
####the mouth, which is the organ of taste<br />
###its neck down to its entire upper torso<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 arms<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####its 2 breasts that are to the pattern of its organs of smell<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the 2 eyes of its heart<br />
####the gullet of the stomach between the 2 breasts<br />
###the body<br />
####the fat<br />
####the lung<br />
####the spleen<br />
####the liver<br />
####the gall<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
####its 2 kidneys<br />
###below<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####2 buttocks (?)<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 testicles<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####its 2 loins<br />
####the member out of which the seed comes, that begets all the forms<br />
#Concerning the Gathering in of the Elements.<br />
##In what way shall the elements be gathered in, from one to another?<br />
###light<br />
###fire<br />
###water<br />
###wind<br />
###air<br />
###answer<br />
###summons<br />
###Mind, the intellectual<br />
###the Pillar of Glory<br />
###the First Man<br />
###the Ambassador<br />
###the aeons of greatness<br />
#Concerning the worn and torn apart Garments, or the tattered Clothes, or the Elements, the Cross, and the rest too.<br />
#Concerning the Envy of Matter.<br />
##the First Man<br />
##the image of the Ambassador<br />
##Adam, the first human<br />
##it envied all the first-born and the first fathers; and the blessed Christ who is the father of all the apostles<br />
#Concerning the living Fire: It is present in 8 Places.<br />
##this light land<br />
##the Father, the God of truth<br />
##the First Man<br />
##this fire that was purified from all the light, which is in the outer wall, in the ship of the day<br />
##this fire that is the light-giver of the night ... within the water<br />
##this fire that is purified from the totality. The Living Spirit swathed it upon his body<br />
##the new earth<br />
##the fire that shall be revealed in this ... person, and it signifies fear and war<br />
#Concerning the Letter (?).<br />
#Concerning Lord Manichaios: how he journeyed.<br />
#The Chapter of the 4 Kingdoms.<br />
##the kingdom of the land of Babylon and of Persia<br />
##the kingdom of the Romans<br />
##the kingdom of the Axumites<br />
##the kingdom of Silis<br />
#Concerning the 4 Things over which People kill each other.<br />
##the obsession of people; in that they would eat for the swelling of their body<br />
##sexual intercourse; ... fornication<br />
##wealth; and ... the useless riches<br />
##war; and the disputes and the trials that they instigate against each other<br />
#Concerning the Fasting of the Saints.<br />
##The fasting that the saints fast by is profitable for 4 great works<br />
###he subdues the entire ruling-power that exists in him.<br />
###it shall be made holy, cleansed, purified, and washed from the adulteration of the darkness that is mixed in with it.<br />
###That person shall make every deed a holy one; the mystery of the children of light in whom there is neither corruption nor ... the food, nor wound it. Rather, they are holy, there is nothing in them that defiles, as they live in peace.<br />
###They make a ... the Cross, they restrain their hands from the hand ... not destroy the living soul.<br />
#The Chapter of the Commandments of Righteousness.<br />
##1st righteousness<br />
###he can embrace continence and purity<br />
###he can also acquire 'the rest lO of the hands', so that he will keep his hand still before the Cross of Light.<br />
###purity of the mouth, so that he will keep his mouth pure of all flesh and blood; and not take any taste at all of the 'wine' name, nor fermented drink<br />
##2nd righteousness<br />
###wisdom ... from his wisdom he can give wisdom, to every person who will hear it from him<br />
###faith<br />
###grace<br />
##works of the catechumenate<br />
###1st work of the catechumenate<br />
####fasting,<br />
####prayer<br />
####almsgiving<br />
###2nd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will give a child to the church for the (sake of) righteousness, or his relative or member of the household<br />
####he can rescue someone beset by trouble<br />
####buy a slave, and give him for righteousness<br />
###3rd work of the catechumenate<br />
####A person will build a dwelling or construct some place; so they can become for him a portion of alms in the holy church.<br />
#The Chapter of Fasting, for it engenders a Host of Angels.<br />
#The Chapter of Righteous Judgement.<br />
#Concerning the Man who is ugly in his Body, but beautiful in his Soul.<br />
#Concerning Wisdom; it is far superior when on the Tongue than in the Heart of the Person.<br />
#Concerning the Cross of Light: ... trample upon it.<br />
#The Chapter of the Man who asks: Why am I sometimes at peace, and troubled at other times?<br />
#Concerning the Alms, that ... life in the Church.<br />
#Concerning the Catechumen who found fault with the Elect: why he is angry.<br />
#The Chapter of the Nazorean who questions the Teacher.<br />
#Concerning the 15 Paths; and whether the Catechumen would have avoided causing his Wealth to go on the 3 Paths to Gehenna.<br />
#Also concerning the Catechumen; shall he be saved in a single Body?<br />
#The Apostle is asked: Why when you drew every thing in the Picture (-Book), did you not draw the Purification of the Catechumens who shall be cleansed by Transmigration?<br />
#A Catechumen asked the Apostle: When I give an Offering to the Saints, shall I inflict a Wound on the Alms?<br />
#Concerning the Purification of these 4 Elements that have been placed in the Flesh.<br />
##emissions that are discharged<br />
###blood, anger, humours<br />
###waters, lust, bitterness, fever<br />
###flesh, gloom, obstinacy<br />
###tree, voices of the winds of shame, ...<br />
###the tear ...<br />
#The Apostle asks his Disciples: What is Cloud?<br />
#The 3 Earths that exist, they bear Fruit.<br />
##the great earth that people are living upon<br />
##the living soul, the holy one<br />
##holy church with its elect and its catechumens<br />
#Concerning the 3 Creations of the Flesh: the ones that were brought forth ...; and the ones that were begotten by the Abortions; and the ones that were formed of themselves.<br />
#What is Virginal; or, otherwise, what is Continent?<br />
#Concerning Transmigration.<br />
#Concerning the Dragon with 14 Heads; what it is and...<br />
#Concerning why, if the Person shall look down into Water, ...<br />
#Concerning the Light Mind, why it does not exercise Foreknowledge for the Saint as for the Apostle.<br />
#Concerning the 5 Wonders that the Light Mind shall display in the Elect.<br />
##the wisdom that the elect shall preach<br />
##faith<br />
##his preaching ... peace of heart for the assembly of his brethren<br />
##love<br />
##fear of legal excommunication<br />
#Concerning Food: It shall be allocated to 5 Products of the human Body.<br />
##rapture<br />
##voice and word<br />
##strength and activity<br />
##pleasure of lust in men and women<br />
##flesh<br />
#Concerning the 3 Things that are great with Mankind, as they are running all the time, in that they ...<br />
##speak the name of Christ<br />
##call people who love him by his name<br />
##swear by his fortune and his surety<br />
#There is no Joy that shall remain in the World till the End.<br />
#Concerning the Form of the Word, that ...<br />
#Concerning the Seed Grain that shall be formed by the Elements, and also be destroyed by them.<br />
#Concerning the 50 Lord's Days; to what Mysteries do they correspond? Or the Second (50); to whose Sign (are they)?<br />
#Concerning the Nourishment of the Person, for there are Powers in it ...<br />
#Concerning the 4 Archetypes that occur in the Eye, and the Fifth that is hidden in them; to whom do they belong?<br />
#The Human is less than all the Things of the Universe, and he is rebellious beyond them all.<br />
##he sent the apostles to the good, generation by generation, and revealed to them five great things.<br />
###they belong to the race of light<br />
###the aeons of the greatness; the manner of the darkness<br />
###the light greatness<br />
###he came to the province of death ... that is flesh<br />
###the rebels shall be bound in a great fetter<br />
##All the faithful who believe this truth shall live by 3 great mighty things<br />
###They have been counted to the race of faith and truth, this living one that enlightens.<br />
###They have received the right hand and the peace that came to them from above. They have believed the apostle who has been manifested.<br />
###They act with restraint and charity to the Cross of Light, which grieves in the totality, being present in what is visible and what is not visible.<br />
#The Chapter on whether any Light comes from the 3 Vessels.<br />
#Concerning the 3 Images that are in the righteous Person.<br />
##the spiritual image, which is the new man, which the Light Mind shall form in him<br />
##the remnant and remainder of the new man, which is the psychic image that is bound in the flesh<br />
##corporeal image that is added to them all<br />
#The Catechumen asks the Apostle: Will Rest come about for Someone who has come out of the Body, if the Saints pray over and make an Alms-offering for him?<br />
##four great victories<br />
###the living soul<br />
###the holy church<br />
###... the Father ...<br />
###... who had come out from his body<br />
#Concerning why if a Nail is cut the Person shall not be sick; but if a Limb is cut he shall immediately be pained.<br />
#Concerning why Some shall delay to come forth from the Body, and Others die in an instant.<br />
#...<br />
#...<br />
#Concerning the 2 Essences.<br />
#Concerning the Sect of the Basket.<br />
#Concerning the 'Assent' and the 'Amen'.<br />
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The '''Maxims of Evagrius Ponticus''' are found at the end of ''Thirty-Three Chapters'', in Mss. Protaton 26 and Lavra Γ 93, among others.<ref>Evagrius. ''Evagrius of Pontus: The Greek Ascetic Corpus''. Translated by Robert E. Sinkewicz, (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003). pp. 228-232.</ref><br />
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==Maxims 1==<br />
#The beginning of salvation is condemnation of yourself.<br />
#Better to throw a stone at random than a word.<br />
#Be to all as you wish all (to be to you).<br />
#Practise righteousness more in deed than in word.<br />
#It is not the one who shows mercy to many who is pious, but the one who wrongs no one.<br />
#Better to live lying on a bed of straw and be without fear than to have a bed of gold and be troubled.<br />
#Pleasant among friends is that person who nourishes his own soul.<br />
#Revere God in deeds, praise him in word, and honour him in thought.<br />
#Prudence, a way of life, and nobility make a priest.<br />
#It is the worst thing to be a slave to the shameful passions.<br />
#Teach virtue in word, but proclaim it in deed.<br />
#Consider not the possession of virtue to be a good thing, but (to practise it) as required.<br />
#In honouring the law you shall live according to the law.<br />
#A foreigner is one for whom the things of the world are foreign.<br />
#One who is jealous does harm to himself, for in speaking evil of another he comes to suffer evil at his own hand.<br />
#Neither flatter nor irritate a rich person.<br />
#Wine strengthens the body, the word of God the soul.<br />
#Use not foods that are pleasant but those that are beneficial.<br />
#In trying to please the crowds, you shall become like the crowds.<br />
#Abuse the body beyond all (else).<br />
#Industrious is that person who has time to spare.<br />
#Accept not the outward appearance of a Christian man, but rather the attitude of soul.<br />
#To accuse one who is blameless is a sin against God.<br />
#Great is the danger of the ears and the tongue.<br />
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==Maxims 2==<br />
#It is absurd for one who pursues honours to escape the labours through which honours (are attained).<br />
#You want to know God? First know yourself.<br />
#Genuine among friends is the one who shares your circumstances.<br />
#It is strange to think big while doing little.<br />
#Always thinking is an impediment to knowledge.<br />
#The demon is the guide to the irrational life.<br />
#Nobility of soul is manifested in one's moral vigour.<br />
#God-fearing is that person who speaks not of himself.<br />
#A person not open to blame is a temple of God.<br />
#The worst sort of possession is a disreputable life.<br />
#Say what you should, when you should, and you will not hear what you should not.<br />
#The greatest possession is a friend without fault.<br />
#A disposition attached to esteem is a sickness of the soul.<br />
#A stranger and a poor man is God's eye medication.<br />
#One who welcomes them will quickly recover his sight (cf. Rev. 3:18).<br />
#It is good to show beneficence to all, but more so to those unable to return the favour.<br />
#An orator of justice is a cup of cold water (cf. Matt. 10:42).<br />
#The cherubim—chastity and gentleness of soul (cf. Exod. 25:18-22).<br />
#Being honoured in old age is proof of one's industriousness prior to old age; earnestness in youth is a guarantee that one will be honoured in old age.<br />
#True contemplation is the higher function of the soul.<br />
#If you love what you should not, you will not love what you should.<br />
#Better to possess unrefined gold than a friend.<br />
#A pure soul is God after God.<br />
#O what proceeds from a self-love that hates all!<br />
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==Maxims 3==<br />
#The beginning of charity is the presumption of esteem.<br />
#It is good to grow rich in gentleness and charity.<br />
#The arrogant thought is a winnower of virtue.<br />
#A road is made smooth by mercy.<br />
#A sullied conscience is an unjust judge.<br />
#It is a terrible thing to become a slave to the passions of the flesh.<br />
#If you wish to be free of sadness, be zealous in pleasing God.<br />
#He who shows goodly consideration for himself receives consideration from God.<br />
#A chaste heart is a haven for contemplations.<br />
#When you want to know yourself as to who you are, do not compare who you were, but what you have become from the beginning.<br />
#A pond without water is the soul that loves esteem.<br />
#An arrogant soul is a catch-all for thieves, but it hates the sound of knowledge.<br />
#For a true man it is a bad error not to know the scriptures.<br />
#If you fear God, know it by your tears.<br />
#Humility of soul is an indestructible weapon.<br />
#A man who loves virtue is a tree of paradise.<br />
#Jesus Christ is the tree of life (cf. Prov. 3:18); resort to him as you should and you will never die.<br />
#Show beneficence to the truly poor and you will eat Christ.<br />
#True strength is to eat the body of Christ.<br />
#If you love Christ, you will not forget to keep his commandments (cf. John 14:15).<br />
#For thence is made manifest the one who is a benefactor after God.<br />
#A friend according to God flows with milk and honey (cf. Exod. 3:8, Num. 13:27, etc.) in his true words.<br />
#But the lazy soul will not have such a one as a friend.<br />
#The thought that loves pleasure is a harsh master.<br />
#To silence the truth is to bury gold.<br />
#One who fears God does all things according to God.<br />
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