Ner. transl. Thus these wicked men are keeping* back* those who are practising righteousness, (b) and they are keeping the Kine back* from fulfilling the commandment* (sic) to advance*, [that is, they are opposing* the Kine of him who is doing a holy* action, and they are preventing him
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Verbatim transl. Qui vel regnans [magister* sit et non-dans, [i.e. non- det]! [mercedem inimicitiae ei vastatori-infideli qui] cum-injuria [et ad nostram agri-culturam damnandam] (venientem) [veniat*!, (b) [de sacro] ritus[-tu] vel |fortasse ‘va = valde’) generosus [nobilis, vel ‘bonus-civis’] de- pactis vel* [etiam erga nos] (c) in-justitia vivens; et talis porro qui ipse sanctus scelestum a fideli (d) discernens (ens) [i. e. discernat, ille] hoc prorsus illi cognato [et domino me-repellenti (vel ‘magistro-duci omnind amico *) sic verum loquens*?} dicat [ut sequitur], (e) in-exsurgendo*, [i. e. in exsurrectione* (sic) ejus vastatoris, i, €. in hoc ejus tam exitiabili aggressu et eruptione contra nos] eum, O Mazda, funditus-perdens-(ut ultor)-contundat*, O Ahura, [i. e. hic sanctus (justitia vivens) numquam (ut adulator mercedem inimicitiae et criminis ejus vastatoris dans) falso ei scelesto assentiatur, sed ex contrario acerbe eum infidelem-pravum exsecretur]. *! Vel si haec traductio dubia et longe (vel alte) repetita videatur tum tentemus iterum (a): ‘Qui vel regnator* tractans {est, i.e, afficiat|-iet]
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(or ‘her’) from giving* the gift to any persons], and this in the districts, or in the villages. (c) Corrupt is (or ‘becomes’) the violent man (like these), and he has died* down* through his own deeds, [that is, he is lifeless through them|; (d) but there are, (or ‘will be’) contenders against such opposers, and slayers, O Great Wise One, within Thy kingdom when it shall have come, {that is, they will be such as desire to keep men otherwise and away from sin*]; (e) and they, these Thy servants, are continuously fulfilling deeds which are wisest, among the herds of cattle, and with that wisdom which considers the end, [that is, they are exercising devotion toward the herds with a benefi- cent intelligence].
Parsi-persian Ms. trit, dan dshan kih darvand hend a 7 Savab yarzidar, (kih kar u kirfah kunand) kih an darvandin = min zak darvandén] ash dir-kunand (b) Gos- fendan* az raftav, [kfish az (ashavan* = ahlébén*] dad an kasan 6* (?) dw-kunand|] andar shahr an, andar deh an (dar bih kunad = rdik* band* vaginad*] (c) pah = pavan| an i [] bad-sitam hast, kf, pah — khyésh kfnishn frod mirad*(?) bashad {kish bi-jan [] [az kunishn = min kiinishn]] x (d) Pah an i vasid éstéd khudat 7 Ormuzd shikastar hend, {ki, az vanah awaj* bayad dashtan [] [dshan ra = valmanshdn rd] (] [zindagi = zivishn*(?)] hast; * (e) [] kih éshan fraz An Gosfendin anbar, nék-danaihatar kardan* (?), (ki, [] pahréz ¢ Gésfendan dandthatar kardan (?)]
Free tr. He who as ruler helps not that assailant,
In the religious creed and treaties faithful,
In the right living, may he pure, the wicked
Aright discerning, thus to prince* give warning:
‘In rising* crush they him, O Mazda Lord!’
(lege adds (da= dha, sic* fortasse melius)) vastatorem] supplicio-acerbissimo [tam merito (afficiet’), et, causa nostrum ex periculo eripiendorum, hunc vastatorem nos] aggressum [repellat{-let]]..; vel (semel iterum) ‘Qui vel ut magister-vel-judex-regnans [sit et] tractans [vel ‘afficiens’ justitia honestum* civem* (a parte vastatoris)] injuria [vexatum et ad se causa defensionis et restitutionis (rerum damnatarum) obtinendae*', ad se, i. e. ad hunc judicem] accedentem+-; (d)-+ hoc prorsus cognato dicat (e) [adjuvans| ad-eum- extrahendum** (?), O M., ex-miseria**, O A.. ** vel °darum (?).
248 XLVI. 5, 6.
vandih!], ‘See P. *DJ., D. om, *D. paddkh®. *D. saritar. *DJ. yatinédo; D. *ishn; Sp. seems hémununishn. °DJ., D.; M. vaf®. 7DJ., D. om. i. *® DJ. ins. ich. 9% DJ. i. 107), hana; om. i lak. + D. darishn. 4? DJ. om. va. 3 DJ., D. om. va. +4# DJ. nih. 1° DJ. has va. %*DJ., D. darishn. 17 DJ. om. va zak. 18D. om. i. 1 D. avariinih.
Pahl. transl. **He who ¢s within* (or ‘dzseiplined by’) Your sovereignty {in this world where Your sovereignty prevails|, and whose is a non-giving, [i e. nothing zs to* be* (or ‘is’ (so better)) given by him - -*]; he who és the in- jurer, is coming - -* [who comes with the infliction of wounds - -*]; éu¢ with the good knowledge of the religious*-benedictions and also with a contract -- +”, [i.e. these things are his (or ‘ theirs’) who would execute chastisement upon those wicked ones; he is to be maintained by this*(?) which is Thine (or ‘he is to be considered (or ‘maintained’) as Thine’), that is, as wise and acting in accordance with jis compacts --*]; (c) he who is righteous in his just life and he who is wicked, [that is, both of them are to be estimated (or ‘maintained’) with legality]; (d)so he zs discerned, [that is, it is clear by this estimate that that man is a good man], and that ts also to be proclaimed to himself (or ‘to his belongings* (?)’), [i e. it is to be considered (or ‘maintained (?)’) by* (or ‘for’) himself (or ‘his belongings’) (e€) who has* been* raised up, O At- harmazd, from impiety [even from heretical*(?)-wickedness].
** A close syntactical version of this for the most part merely word-for-word trans-
lation would be more than usually uncertain. *! or ‘who has raised up that one’.
Ner’s. sansk. text. Yo Yushmakazi rajye adata nricatisasamdgamanah, |kila, antar asmin jagati danati na kurute, chhedam kartuiicha ayati], (b) suprasiddho*t va cuddhasatkarataya*?, mitratayA va [yaih papakarmanaim nigrahami kurute, sa evati parijieyah yat purushah satkari* maitrivan*]; (c) satyena jivaniyah* yo muktatma*, yaccha durgati, [kila, sarvah ko ’pi nyayamattaya* dharyah], (d) vigado ’sti sa prakrishtam svadhinatve vak-
instructus ad supplicium de eo sumendum] accedat (b) [ad] Mendacii-Daemonis domiciliof-ium] vinctoris*?, |sic, vel lege baéthahya, ‘in domicilio (locat. sg.)
ent 4 a ae ted pe
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yah*s, [kila, uttamo ’sti sa puman svAdhinataya dharyah] (e) uchchair nigato sti yo, Mahajiianin, kadarthanatvat, Svamin, [durgatitvat],
**J.5, *? J.* om from cuddhasa- to-tkari ** J.* vydikabhya; J.%, J.* yabhyah (sic),
Ner. transl. He who comes into Your kingdom illiberal and as an homi- cide, [that is, who imparts no gift in this world, and comes to. inflict injury], (b) or else (on the contrary) comes as one favourably-celebrated for successful beneficence, or for fidelity im friendship, [(by which means he accomplishes the frustration (or ‘punishment’) of evil doers), such an one is verily to be recognized as a beneficent and friendly person], (c) he who is righteous (free- souled) zs living*(?) in justice (or ‘7s to be maintained* alive* with justice’), and so also, on the other hand, he who is wicked is to be treated justly, [that is, every one, whosoever he be, is to be maintained-and-considered with legal exactness]; (d) and he is clearly distinguished and to be proclaimed forth in his own personality and possessions, [that is, good (lit ‘ highest’) is this man, and he is to be maintained (or ‘fully considered’) in his own personality and possessions], (e) that zs, the one who has been elevated, O Great Wise One the Lord, out of torment [and depravity (or ‘misfortune’)].
Parsi-persian Ms, trit. [] pah an 2 Shuma pAdishahi (sic) [ [u padishant t* da- hishn padishahi = va patikhshdi* 0* (?) dabiénishn* patakhshai*] andar in jihan*, kt Shuma] ] [] hast [ki, chiz* nah dahishn] [bayad = dvdyad] J, [an ¢ [] [badtar=saritar(?)} amad[-ishn = -shn] [kih pah zakhmi kardan dyad], (b) [] [mashhir va* (?) = vafringani] pah khaib-danai [] pah [] mihr, [an kih vanéhkéran* padafrah kunand, [kih = min) pah [chiz = mandum*] in [] darad, k& shnasi [] mihrban], (c) pah rashn* [] zistan kih ashé [ré = rd] va kih ham daryand, [ka, har [di =—] [] [’sh= ash] pavan*® (sic) insAfmandi darad], (d) va [] [buzurg = vazérk*(?)] an [hast = hast] édtin, (ki rtishan an mard veh mard [] an] fraz an khvésh gobishn, [ki pah khyésh darishn], (e) kih bala rasid éstéd* [kih = mén] [] Ormuzd [] [kih = min] [] [bad*(?) = avérdni*] (az [] [darvand + sakht* = darvand] |*% **-+ mashhir néz underneath as tri,
Free tr. Who having power doth not thus approach him
To Falsehood’s Demon-home in chains* will go,
The wicked’s friend he is, and likewise wicked,
But righteous he who loves the righteous,
Since the primeval laws Thou gavest, Lord! [-ium M.-daemonis*? [nos] terrore-(suorum flagitiorum complentis]) adeat [ipse]; (c) ille(-ipse*) [valde] enim scelestus-perversus [est] qui scelesto [viro] optimus, [idest, ei maxime-favens sit], (d) [et] ille(-ipse*) sanctus-et-rectus [est] cui rectus sit amicus (e) quam (e0-modo-quo) leges*3-religionis*’ priores, [i: e. in partu mundi operantes*] constituisti, O Ahura. *'Vel altera traductio ‘Qui [invicem etsi] potens[ad civem (injuriis vexatum et auxilium adversus oppressorem implorantem (vide stro-
phas supra)) non opibus suis in auxilium accedat--’. *? masculinum sed nihil nocet; for-
250 XLVI. 6, 7.
tasse ‘haithahyé (J.*) <= vere exsistentis’ (?). ** vel ‘quoniam [sic] conscientias, [i. e. animas] priores [in tempore priori] creavisti[-veris], O A.’.
restoration of the primitive Faith must always be regarded as coincident with the coming of the Redeemer.
ssp baryraw)d) = ferrs|tons “Gye r?Q059,4.5 wg "GeO
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Ner.’s sansk. text. Yah evath sampraptara no nardya prarthayitum samagataya, [kila, yah karydya punyaya samayati tasmai na datte]; (b) Dra- jah sa srishteh, [kila, srishtith dveshinith kurute], trasayaniyagcha*t, [kila, bhayamh nidargayan nihantavyah]; (c) sa yato durgati yah durgatibhyo vikagayité; (d) sa muktatmaé yo muktatmabhyah samadeshta, [antah sarhga- yatve “pi yah*? kirnchit* durgatibhyo datte durgatya parijieyah, yagcha kimnchit* muktaétmabhyo datte* muktya parijieyah] (e) yévat Dinih parva- dateh Hormijdasya, [yavat Caociocah prapnoti]. (Sadai’va evath parijiieyam). *1 J.* trasaryanigcha, ** all grah,
Ner. transl. He who thus does not grant a thing acquired (sic) to a man who has approached to make a request for (or ‘to seek it’), [that is, who does not afford ¢¢ to him who approaches for (or ‘in* (?)’) his righteous action] (b) is the Drfija of the creation, [that és, he*(?) produces the hateful hostile creation] and he is inspiring fear*?, [that is, he is revealing**! terror (or ‘showing fear*!’), and he ought therefore to be slain], (c) for he is wicked who gives information*? (or ‘makes a revelation*s *) to (possibly ‘increases* the prosperity" (2) of’) the wicked, (d) and he is also sanctified*(?) (or ‘free- souled’) who ¢s an instructor (or ‘a director’) of the sanctified* (or ‘right- eous’); [even when one is in doubt when one gives anything to the wicked* one is to be recognized through* wickedness*, (that is, as wicked); and he who bestows a thing upon the free-souled (or ‘sanctified’) is to be known from his sanctity (from his freedom of soul)]; (e) and thus it will be as long as until™ the Din of the former creation of Hormijda* 7s* restored*, [that is, as long* as* until* Caogiocga comes], (So this expression is always to be understood).
*1 Ner. knew what samp° meant, but not its syntactical connection. ** this may be accidentally correct, or ‘he is to be feared’, or ‘intimidated’ may have been meant.
*8but vi-+ kag = ‘to augment’ with Ner., vahist6 stood in Pahlavi characters, ~-9” =also ‘vakhst.’, but see the Pahl. trl. ** or possibly meaning ‘while 7 lasts’, but see the ‘yavat Q.’ hardly = ‘while** © cs coming’.
Free tr, Whom then as guard to save us will they set me,
When as his aim for harm the faithless marks ?
Whom have I then but Thee, Thy Fire and Meaning?
By deeds of which Thou shieldest Right, Ahura;
To me this wonder-power for Faith* declare.
Verbatim transl. Quem* [defensorem ille] vir*! [judex et magister reg-
252 XLYI. 7%, 8.
nans], O Mazda, [viro]'mihi-simili, [i. e. mihi-ipsi ut] defensorem [et adjutorem (vide strophas supra) princeps*-judex* regnans] dabit [et statuet] (b) quum me scelestus-infidelis tenebat* [vel ‘spectabat*’] damno [id est, me tenebat* (vel ‘notabat’) ut me ad nocendum injuria peteret]? (c) [Quem] alium mihi dabit, [i.e. annuntiabit hic regnans magister] nisi-Te, [i.e. alium atque Te], Ignis- que [-nemque Tuum], Mentisque [-temque Tuam], (d) quorum-duorum (Ignis et Mentis) actionibus, [i.e. caerimoniis ritus et factis honestis omnino a viris sanctis peractis] Sanctitas, [i. e. lex sacra nostrae constitutionis patriae] de- fensa*-et-nutrita-sit*?, O Ahura; (e)eam [eum ergo] mihi vigorem-mirabilem [illius defensoris - + praedica (vel ‘gratiam tutelam Tuae Sanctitatis’)] pro-Reli- gioni[-ne] [vel ‘conscientiae, i. e. animae meae’] praedica, [i.e. declamans eum (vel ‘eam’) me doceas]. *1 Vel ‘quemnam-~. *? vel ‘cujus actionibus Sanctitatem ille meus defensor-protegens [sibi, i. e. causa suae salutis] defendit [-derit]’.