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Plain text of The Gatha Spenta Mainyu · Yasna 24 (Presentations)

1 And having approached these offerings with our worship, we present them for the sake of God the Wise Lord; yea, we present these sacred plants, feasts, offerings, and the bundle of twigs spread with punctilious sanctity, and the flesh, and the milk, fresh as if living, and lifted up with punctilious sanctity, and this branch the Hadhanaepata likewise lifted up with sanctity.

2 And having approached these offerings in our worship, we present them with thanks for the good waters, having the sacred plant with them, and the milk, and the Hadhanaepata, and lifted up with scrupulous sanctity; and with them we present the water of the plant, in thanks for the good waters, and both the stone and the iron mortar.

3 And we present this plant of the bundle, and the timely prayer for blessings, which has approached in the due course of the ritual, and the recollection and practice of the good religion of the worshippers of the Wise Lord, and the heard recital of the Gathas, and the timely prayer for blessings which has approached as the prayer of the holy leader of the ritual order; and these wood-billets, and the perfume, in thanks to God for the light, His sign, O Wise Lord, and all good objects God-made, which have the seed of righteousness, we offer and present. 4. And these we present hereby for God the Wise Lord, and in thanks for Obedience, the blessed and righteous, and for His bountiful gifts; and in remembrance of the souls of the righteous, and for the light, the sign of the Wise Lord, the lofty Lord of entire holy creation, for sacrifice, homage, devotion, and for praise.

5 And these we present hereby in remembrance of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint, for sacrifice, devotion, and for praise, and in remembrance of the people who love Righteousness, with all the holy souls of the righteous who are dead and who are living, and those of men who are as yet unborn, and those of the prophets who will serve us, and will labour to complete the progress and renovation of the world.

6 And we present these sacred plants, feasts, offerings, and the bundle of twigs spread with sanctity, and the flesh, and the milk fresh as if living, and lifted up with sanctity, and the Hadhanaepata branch.

7 And we present these offerings in thanks for the beneficial waters, having the sacred plant with them, and the flesh, and the Hadhanaepata lifted up with sanctity, and the water of the plant, in thanks for the good waters, with the stone and iron mortars, (8) and this plant of the bundle, and the timely prayer and the recollection and practice of the good faith of the worshippers of the Wise Lord, and these wood-billets, and the perfume, in thanks to God for the light, His sign, O Wise Lord, and all objects which are God-made, and which have and are the seed of righteousness, these we offer and present.

9 Yea, we present these hereby in thanks for the bountiful gifts of God, which rule aright and dispose of all aright, and in thanks for His ever-living, ever-helpful angels who abide with the Good Mind of the Lord and of His folk!