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12. Zaratust enquired of Hérmazd thus: ‘Whoisa liar like?’ 3. Hérmazd, the good and propitious, said: ‘A liar is a co-operator with Aharman.’ 4. In revelation it says that ¢here is no hereafter (4‘kirat) for the speakers of falsehood, and in the midst of mankind they are contemptible (‘haqir). 5. If such a man be powerful (mu‘htasim), and there be no avoiding (‘hapuar) him in the vicinity * Bzg omits these ten words. % Lp omits these fourteen words. 5 Bzg omits these twenty words. “ This seems to have been the meaning intended, judging from §§ 2-6; otherwise it might be translated ‘end’ or ‘ result,’ especially as the writer has characterised other sins as ‘the chief’ (see Chaps. IX, 2, XXV, 8). CHAPTER LX, 6-LXII, 5. 323 of mankind, they do not have any respect for him, and he is clearly (farg4m) an evil liar. 6. Although he possesses much wealth, it will all depart from his hands, and, finally (’>hagqibat), begging of mankind occurs to him, and his progeny also becomes scanty’. CuHarter LXII. 1. The sixty-second subject is this, that it is necessary to take early to the speaking of truth and doing of justice, and to maintain oneself therein, for nothing whatever is better among mankind than truth. 2. Owing to truth Hérmazd created this world and that other world, and truth has remained on the spot, and on account of truth it becomes pure. 3. And the accursed Aharman, Jdemg devoid of anything good, does not issue from that which is owing to truth. 4. It is requisite to occasion the resurrection owing to truth; and, as fo every place where truth is not taken up, the glory in that place Aas found a way oud, and as ¢o every household where much of ¢his resides, it is on account of truth, and Aharman does not find a way into that place. 5. It is said in revelation that one truthful man is better than a whole world (*hAlam) speaking falsehood; and GAévah of Ispahan?—when he kept zs stand upon the truth, and was speaking words with truth until ¢Ze t2me when Dah&k’, who possessed the 1 Lp omits these six words. 2 Bag adds ‘he was a blacksmith.’ His revolt against Dahak is detailed in the Shahn4mah. § See Mkh. VIII, 29 n. ¥2 324 SAD DAR. whole realm, azd the whole of the demons and mankind have been afraid of him, through the truth of the words spoken—was bold with them in every speech, and became victorious (mu¢haffar) over them, by reason of the true words that he was speaking. 6. The accursed Aharman, when he perceived the spirit of truth, had fallen senseless three thousand years’. 7. From fear of truth he never managed to hold up Azs head, and from fear of truth he did not manage to come into this world?. 8. And everything that thou settest ¢Ay gaze (na¢har) upon therein, that has remained on the spot when thou seekest again an examination of it, has remained through truth. 9. And the interpretation of the Ashem-voh@? is in truth, aad, for that reason, they recite the Ashem-vohii frequently. CuapTer LXIII.
29. And the interpretation of the Ashem-voh@? is in truth, aad, for that reason, they recite the Ashem-vohii frequently. CuapTer LXIII. 1. The sixty-third subject is this, that it is necessary to practise strict abstinence from adultery on this account, that ¢hrough every one who beguiles the wife of another, and commits iniquity with her, that woman becomes, in a moment, unlawful as regards her husband. 2. And, after that, every time her husband comes round about her, it is just as though she had gone near to a strange man. 3. The righteous bestowal* of herself on her own husband, in this ? See Bd. I, 22. The spirit of truth was his opposite, the speztd -‘mainyus or ‘bountiful spirit’ of Hérmazd. 2 See Bd. III, 1-5. ® See Chap. VI, 1 n. ‘ Lp inserts ‘he shall wish.’ CHAPTER LXII, 6-LXIII, 10. 325 situation, is always worse ¢han his going with women of a different religion, on this account, that, if that wife becomes pregnant, it is just as though one of the good religion had fallen away into a different religion, and? thereby that man becomes worthy of death. 4. And it also happens, when that wife becomes pregnant, that she may effect the slaughter of the infant, from fear of a bad reputation. 5. Then, for that person whose child it is, it is just as though he had effected the slaughter of the child with his own hand; therefore, he is worthy of death. 6. If the infant be born, and it remains? in the religion, every sin that that child of his commits is, for that person, just as though it were committed by his own hand. 7. And if a woman of those of the good religion commits adultery, she becomes in a condition unlawful as regards er husband ; and if an infant be born it is illegitimate. 8. And the sin owing to this. will depart a¢ the time when that person goes near to her husband azd shall say: ‘What is ¢heve in me befitting thy wife? 9. A calamity (4k) as occurred, and a crime (‘La¢&) has come into my body; thou knowest if thou w/t exercise forgiveness (hafti), and if not, when z¢ zs not for me, do thou kill me; my blood is lawful (‘hal4l) unto thee.’ ro. If he shall kill her, her sin will depart owing to this; 1 Bag has ‘it never becomes a righteous bestowal of herself on her husband, and if, in this situation, he is also.’ 2 Bz2g omits ‘and.’ 5 Lp, Bzg have ‘it does not remain,’ but the text seems to be assuming that the illicit origin of the child is unsuspected, in which case it would undoubtedly remain in the religion, as it would probably do in any case. 326 SAD DAR. otherwise, this sin will not depart from her in any manner (navai)}, 11. And one calls this sin a sin affecting antagonists*, and, so long as the antagonist does not become satisfied, the sin flows on*, and they keep his soul back at the head of the Xinvad bridge, till the time that its antagonist shall arrive and himself accomplishes 42s antagonism, and they give him back a reply‘. CuarTer LXIV.
3CuarTer LXIV. 1. The sixty-fourth subject is this, that it is necessary to practise great abstinence from committing theft® and seizing anything from mankind by force. 2. For it is declared in revelation that, as ¢o every one who steals one dirham® away from another, when they really know zz, it is necessary to take two dirhams away from him; one dirham Jdezng that which was carried off, and one dirham as the fine of him who committed the theft. 3. Itis also requisite to cut of one ear, and it is necessary to strike ten blows with a stick, and to detain 42m one period in prison. 1 Bzg omits these eleven words. * Or accusers (see Chap. XLII, 1, 2). 5 Bzg has ‘it flows on,’ if we read bi-rézad; but the Gugarati translator seems to take gunah-barézad (Av. berezant) as a technical epithet for the soul, as though he would say ‘they keep back the soul of him whose sin is rampant.’ ‘ That is, the investigating angels announce their decision as to the proper fate of the soul they have detained. 5 Bzg, J15 have ‘violence.’ ' § Asilver coin of 63 grains in weight, or about 52 annas (see Dd. LII, 1 n); say, seven-pence. . CHAPTER LXIII, TI—LXIV, I0. 327 4. And if he shall steal another! dirham, in the same manner ove is to take away two dirhams ?, to cut of the other ear, to strike twenty dlows with a stick, and to detain 42m two periods? in prison. 5. And if he shall steal three dirhams and two dangs‘, it is requisite to cut of Acs right hand. 6. If he shall steal five hundred dirhams‘, it is requisite to hang Aim. 7. On the spot the punishment is this, and among the spirits it brings punishment on the soul itself. 8. And, if the other person does not know 7¢, they take away twice as much good work, among the Spirits, from that ¢%zef, and give z¢ to the soul of this person. 9. If the thief possesses no good works, they give the compensation from the constantlybeneficial treasury®, and exhibit the punishment oz the soul of that ¢hzef. 10. As ¢o that person who has seized anything 1 Lp has ‘two.’ 2 Lp has ‘to take four.’ 5 The Gugarati translator takes ‘one period’ as ‘one ghadt (24 minutes),’ but ‘two periods’ as ‘23 ghadf (one hour).’ The word s4’ hat, ‘period,’ means also ‘an hour,’ but so short a term of imprisonment seems improbable. * That is, 3} dirhams, nearly 1} rdpf, or, say, two shillings. 5 That is, 175 ripts, or, say, £14 12s.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12. Zaratust enquired of Hérmazd thus: ‘Whoisa liar like?’ 3. Hérmazd, the good and propitious, said: ‘A liar is a co-operator with Aharman.’ 4. In revelation it says that ¢here is no hereafter (4‘kirat) for the speakers of falsehood, and in the midst of mankind they are contemptible (‘haqir). 5. If such a man be powerful (mu‘htasim), and there be no avoiding (‘hapuar) him in the vicinity * Bzg omits these ten words. % Lp omits these fourteen words. 5 Bzg omits these twenty words. “ This seems to have been the meaning intended, judging from §§ 2-6; otherwise it might be translated ‘end’ or ‘ result,’ especially as the writer has characterised other sins as ‘the chief’ (see Chaps. IX, 2, XXV, 8). CHAPTER LX, 6-LXII, 5. 323 of mankind, they do not have any respect for him, and he is clearly (farg4m) an evil liar. 6. Although he possesses much wealth, it will all depart from his hands, and, finally (’>hagqibat), begging of mankind occurs to him, and his progeny also becomes scanty’. CuHarter LXII. 1. The sixty-second subject is this, that it is necessary to take early to the speaking of truth and doing of justice, and to maintain oneself therein, for nothing whatever is better among mankind than truth. 2. Owing to truth Hérmazd created this world and that other world, and truth has remained on the spot, and on account of truth it becomes pure. 3. And the accursed Aharman, Jdemg devoid of anything good, does not issue from that which is owing to truth. 4. It is requisite to occasion the resurrection owing to truth; and, as fo every place where truth is not taken up, the glory in that place Aas found a way oud, and as ¢o every household where much of ¢his resides, it is on account of truth, and Aharman does not find a way into that place. 5. It is said in revelation that one truthful man is better than a whole world (*hAlam) speaking falsehood; and GAévah of Ispahan?—when he kept zs stand upon the truth, and was speaking words with truth until ¢Ze t2me when Dah&k’, who possessed the 1 Lp omits these six words. 2 Bag adds ‘he was a blacksmith.’ His revolt against Dahak is detailed in the Shahn4mah. § See Mkh. VIII, 29 n. ¥2 324 SAD DAR. whole realm, azd the whole of the demons and mankind have been afraid of him, through the truth of the words spoken—was bold with them in every speech, and became victorious (mu¢haffar) over them, by reason of the true words that he was speaking. 6. The accursed Aharman, when he perceived the spirit of truth, had fallen senseless three thousand years’. 7. From fear of truth he never managed to hold up Azs head, and from fear of truth he did not manage to come into this world?. 8. And everything that thou settest ¢Ay gaze (na¢har) upon therein, that has remained on the spot when thou seekest again an examination of it, has remained through truth. 9. And the interpretation of the Ashem-voh@? is in truth, aad, for that reason, they recite the Ashem-vohii frequently. CuapTer LXIII.
29. And the interpretation of the Ashem-voh@? is in truth, aad, for that reason, they recite the Ashem-vohii frequently. CuapTer LXIII. 1. The sixty-third subject is this, that it is necessary to practise strict abstinence from adultery on this account, that ¢hrough every one who beguiles the wife of another, and commits iniquity with her, that woman becomes, in a moment, unlawful as regards her husband. 2. And, after that, every time her husband comes round about her, it is just as though she had gone near to a strange man. 3. The righteous bestowal* of herself on her own husband, in this ? See Bd. I, 22. The spirit of truth was his opposite, the speztd -‘mainyus or ‘bountiful spirit’ of Hérmazd. 2 See Bd. III, 1-5. ® See Chap. VI, 1 n. ‘ Lp inserts ‘he shall wish.’ CHAPTER LXII, 6-LXIII, 10. 325 situation, is always worse ¢han his going with women of a different religion, on this account, that, if that wife becomes pregnant, it is just as though one of the good religion had fallen away into a different religion, and? thereby that man becomes worthy of death. 4. And it also happens, when that wife becomes pregnant, that she may effect the slaughter of the infant, from fear of a bad reputation. 5. Then, for that person whose child it is, it is just as though he had effected the slaughter of the child with his own hand; therefore, he is worthy of death. 6. If the infant be born, and it remains? in the religion, every sin that that child of his commits is, for that person, just as though it were committed by his own hand. 7. And if a woman of those of the good religion commits adultery, she becomes in a condition unlawful as regards er husband ; and if an infant be born it is illegitimate. 8. And the sin owing to this. will depart a¢ the time when that person goes near to her husband azd shall say: ‘What is ¢heve in me befitting thy wife? 9. A calamity (4k) as occurred, and a crime (‘La¢&) has come into my body; thou knowest if thou w/t exercise forgiveness (hafti), and if not, when z¢ zs not for me, do thou kill me; my blood is lawful (‘hal4l) unto thee.’ ro. If he shall kill her, her sin will depart owing to this; 1 Bag has ‘it never becomes a righteous bestowal of herself on her husband, and if, in this situation, he is also.’ 2 Bz2g omits ‘and.’ 5 Lp, Bzg have ‘it does not remain,’ but the text seems to be assuming that the illicit origin of the child is unsuspected, in which case it would undoubtedly remain in the religion, as it would probably do in any case. 326 SAD DAR. otherwise, this sin will not depart from her in any manner (navai)}, 11. And one calls this sin a sin affecting antagonists*, and, so long as the antagonist does not become satisfied, the sin flows on*, and they keep his soul back at the head of the Xinvad bridge, till the time that its antagonist shall arrive and himself accomplishes 42s antagonism, and they give him back a reply‘. CuarTer LXIV.
3CuarTer LXIV. 1. The sixty-fourth subject is this, that it is necessary to practise great abstinence from committing theft® and seizing anything from mankind by force. 2. For it is declared in revelation that, as ¢o every one who steals one dirham® away from another, when they really know zz, it is necessary to take two dirhams away from him; one dirham Jdezng that which was carried off, and one dirham as the fine of him who committed the theft. 3. Itis also requisite to cut of one ear, and it is necessary to strike ten blows with a stick, and to detain 42m one period in prison. 1 Bzg omits these eleven words. * Or accusers (see Chap. XLII, 1, 2). 5 Bzg has ‘it flows on,’ if we read bi-rézad; but the Gugarati translator seems to take gunah-barézad (Av. berezant) as a technical epithet for the soul, as though he would say ‘they keep back the soul of him whose sin is rampant.’ ‘ That is, the investigating angels announce their decision as to the proper fate of the soul they have detained. 5 Bzg, J15 have ‘violence.’ ' § Asilver coin of 63 grains in weight, or about 52 annas (see Dd. LII, 1 n); say, seven-pence. . CHAPTER LXIII, TI—LXIV, I0. 327 4. And if he shall steal another! dirham, in the same manner ove is to take away two dirhams ?, to cut of the other ear, to strike twenty dlows with a stick, and to detain 42m two periods? in prison. 5. And if he shall steal three dirhams and two dangs‘, it is requisite to cut of Acs right hand. 6. If he shall steal five hundred dirhams‘, it is requisite to hang Aim. 7. On the spot the punishment is this, and among the spirits it brings punishment on the soul itself. 8. And, if the other person does not know 7¢, they take away twice as much good work, among the Spirits, from that ¢%zef, and give z¢ to the soul of this person. 9. If the thief possesses no good works, they give the compensation from the constantlybeneficial treasury®, and exhibit the punishment oz the soul of that ¢hzef. 10. As ¢o that person who has seized anything 1 Lp has ‘two.’ 2 Lp has ‘to take four.’ 5 The Gugarati translator takes ‘one period’ as ‘one ghadt (24 minutes),’ but ‘two periods’ as ‘23 ghadf (one hour).’ The word s4’ hat, ‘period,’ means also ‘an hour,’ but so short a term of imprisonment seems improbable. * That is, 3} dirhams, nearly 1} rdpf, or, say, two shillings. 5 That is, 175 ripts, or, say, £14 12s.
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