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Portrait of Mark Lidzbarski Mark Lidzbarski Mandaïsche Liturgien — Prayer 1

There gathered the Uthras, there gathered the Škīnās, they erected a throne to Jāwar, the king of the Uthras. Jāwar, the king of the Uthras, they erected a throne, placed on his head resplendent wreaths. His splendor rose over the Uthras and Škīnās. When the Uthras and Škīnās saw the splendor of Jāwar, king of the Uthras, they all gathered at him. All gathered at him and laid their pure right hand on him. They blessed him with the great blessing, With which the king Jāwar was blessed in his Škīnā.
And life is victorious.
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Portrait of Mark Lidzbarski Mark Lidzbarski Mandaïsche Liturgien — Prayer 1

Arise, arise, you men of tried righteousness, arise, you perfect and faithful, arise and praise the great life, praise King Šišlam the Great, praise the hidden Tannā Ham-Zīwā, praise Jāwar the Great and Ezlath the Great, praise the treasure of life from which all worlds came, praise the spring and the palm from which the father of Uthräs came.
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Portrait of Mark Lidzbarski Mark Lidzbarski Mandaïsche Liturgien — Prayer 1

I. In the name of life, in the name of the Manda d-Haijē and in the name of that first man who is older than water, splendor, light and glory, the man who called with his voice and spoke with his speech. By his voice and speech, vines sprouted and came into being, and the first life was established in his Škīnā.
He spoke and said: "The first life is older than the second life by 6,000 myriad of years. The second life is older than the third life by 6,000 myriad years. The third life is older than any uthra by 6,000 myriad of years.
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