- XIX.
- Mandā created me,
- Uthras strengthened me,
- they clothed me with splendor,
- covered me with light.
- Hazazban set the wreath on the head on me, NN,
- as well as those souls who go down to the Jordan and are baptized.
- Its tendrils shine,
- and its fragrance is pleasant.
- It does not wither or come apart,
- and its leaves do not fall off.
- And blessed be the life.
Commentary
- This is the saying for the wreath at baptism.
- Read it over the myrtle garland
- and place it on the head of the souls you baptize.
Mandaic transcription
- manda qran
- ˁutria qaimun ziua albšun u-nhura
- kasiun hazazban klila traṣlia b-rišai dilia p’ br p’t
- u-l-halin nišmata ḏ-nahta l-iardna u-miṣṭiba ḏ-aluatẖ nahra u-rihẖ basim ḏ-lašahia u-lapaiia u-aṭirpẖ minẖ l-anatar
- u-mšabin hiia
- s_____a
- hazin pugdama ḏ-maṣbuta hu qria ˁl klila ḏ-asa u-truṣlin b-rišaiin l-nišmata ḏ-ṣabit
- s_____a
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