CIII.

Downheld is the darkness in...

and the light is set up in its place.

The life accepted your prayer,

the Uthras accepted your praise.

The alms rests with its benefactor,

the benefit rests with its giver.

This soul of the NN

and the souls of this ascent

rest in the great place of light

and in the shining dwelling.

And the life is victorious.

Commentary

Here read "With rich splendor I am baptized" (= LXIII),

then lay your hands for the ascent

and make a prayer for yourself.

And the life is victorious.

Mandaic transcription

kbiš hšuka b-ˁuma

u-triṣ nhura l-duktẖ

hiia qabil butkun

ˁutria qabil tušbihtaikun

šria zidqa l-marẖ

šriia ṭabuta l-iahbẖ

šriia haza nišimta ḏ-plan

u-nišmata ḏ-haza masiqta

l-atra rba ḏ-nhura u-l-daura taqna

u-hiia zakin

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haka qria b-ziu ḏ-npiš ṣbina u-asim ˁdak l-masiqta u-bˁ buta l-napšak

u-hiia zakin

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