The S' umhita
Chapter 173
The name of the Life and the name of Manda-d-Hiia be pronounced upon thee!
The name of the great mystic Wellspring is pronounced upon thee. The name
of the great mystic First Palmtree is pronounced upon thee. The naive of
the great S'is'lam is pronounced upon thee. The name of the great 'zlat
is pronounced upon thee. The name of the great Yawar is pronounced upun
thee. The name of Simat-Hiia is pronounced upon thee. The name of the great
Yukabar is pronounced upon thee. The name of the Mana and his counterpart
is pronounced upon thee. The name of the great Mystery, the mystic Word,
is pronounced upon thee. The name of Shaq-Ziwa the great, the first, is
pronounced upon thee. The name of Sam, the pure, first-produced, beloved
and first radiance, is pronounced upon thee. The name of the Life and the
name of Manda-d-Hiia is pronounced upon thee, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus'.
May illness, malady, accidents, curses, vows and forfeitures , pains, infirmities,
violent fevers, the evil eye and the dimmed eye be loosed and removed from
thee. They shall depart (rise) to the mountains and heights from thy body,
spirit and soul, thy trunk and thy, stature and (from) thine entire frame,
thine, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus', through the strength of my Father, their
Father, Manda-d-Hiia, through the strength of the treasure of the First
Life and through the strength of Yawar-Zi,va and Simat- Hiia. And the name
of Life and the name of Manda-d-Hiia be pronounced upon thee.
Chapter 174
I beseech the Life and my Lord Manda-d-Hiia and the 'uthras and kings of
the worlds of the light for a sponsor for this high mystery (ginza) so
that no lacking or deficiency may appear therein. Should there be anything
missing or deficient, do thou, O Hibil- Ziwa, (thou) great Fulfiller, supplement
it from thy treasure which is not deficient and from thy plenty, which
lacketh in nothing. Rid it and loose it from its sins, trespasses, follies,
stumblings and mistakes, (and) mine, Adam-Zihrun son of Mahnus' who have
prayed this prayer and (these) devotions. May there be forgiving of sins
for me.
O Sunday, receive it, save it, establish it and raise it up to perfection!
Chapter 175
In the name of the Great Life. Then, when she reacheth the Seven Mysteries,
servitors of the Seven go forth towards her. They come and surround her
and question her and say to her, "O soul, whence comest thou and whither
goest thou ?'' I say to them, "I come from the Body, the name of which
is the Earth and I am going towards the Good Consumination ". They say
to me, "Whose servant art thou and whose envoy art thou called ?'' I say
to them, "I am the servitor of the Beloved Consummation, and the envoy
of the vast Ether".
Then they bless her (me) ; and praise her and guard her and say to her,
"Everyone who knoweth this saying will rise towards the Good Goal " because
they seek to grasp the mysteries of the Body . And they question her and
then she riseth towards the Good Goal.
Chapter 176
O King of all kings, O Father of all 'uthras; O Adatan and Yadatan ; O
S'ilmay and Nedvay, ye guardian 'uthras of the jordan ; O Hibil-Ziwa, great
Fulfiller who deliverest us from evil plots and deliverest us from all
that is evil and ugly, O high King of Light, thou wilt give me comeliness
of body, compassion of heart, fullness of hand and integrity of eye. O
Life, and my Lord Manda-d-Hiia Thou deliverest me savest me and guardest
me. O high King of Light!
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Mandaean Scriptures and Fragments: The Ginza
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