I.

1 Ahura Mazda [GOD the Wise Lord] spake unto Spitama Zarathustra, saying: 'I, Ahura Mazda, the Maker of all good things, when I made this mansion, the beautiful, the shining, seen afar (there may [the righteous] go up, there may [they] pass!)

2 (5). 'Then the ruffian looked [at My creation]; the ruffian Angra Mainyu [Satan], the deadly, [spread] nine diseases, and ninety, and nine hundred, and nine thousand, and nine times ten thousand diseases [among men]. So mayst thou heal [them], O Mathra Spenta [the Holy Word], thou most glorious one!

3 (8). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, swift-running steeds; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, high-humped camels; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

4 (12). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand brown oxen that do not push; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand young of all species of small cattle; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

5 (16). 'And I will bless thee with the fair, holy [blessing], the friendly, holy [blessing], that makes the empty swell to fulness and the full to overflowing, that comes to help him who was sickening, and makes the sick man sound again.'

6 (20). Mathra Spenta, the all-glorious, replied unto me: "How shall I heal [them]? How shall I drive away from [them] those nine diseases, and those ninety, those nine hundred, those nine thousand, and those nine times ten thousand diseases?"'

Ii.

7 (22). The Maker Ahura Mazda called for Nairyo-sangha [the angel]: Go thou, Nairyo-sangha, the herald, and drive towards the mansion of Airyaman, and speak thus unto him:

8 (23). Thus speaks Ahura Mazda, the Holy One, unto thee: 'I, Ahura Mazda, the Maker of all good things, when I made this mansion, the beautiful, the shining, seen afar (there may [the righteous] go up, there may [they] pass!)

9 (24). 'Then the ruffian looked [at My creation]; the ruffian Angra Mainyu, the deadly, [spread] nine diseases, and ninety, and nine hundred, and nine thousand, and nine times ten thousand diseases [among men]. So mayst thou heal [them], O Airyaman [the angel], the much-desired!

10 (26). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, swift-running steeds; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, high-humped camels; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

11 (30). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand brown oxen, that do not push; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand young of all species of small cattle; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

12 (34). 'And I will bless thee with the fair, holy [blessing], the friendly, holy [blessing], that makes the empty swell to fulness and the full to overflowing, that comes to help him who was sickening, and makes the sick man sound again.'

Iii.

13 (38). In obedience to Ahura's words he went, Nairyo-sangha, the herald; he drove towards the mansion of Airyaman, he spake unto Airyaman, saying:

14 (38). Thus speaks Ahura Mazda, the Holy One, unto thee: 'I, Ahura Mazda, the Maker of all good things, when I made this mansion, the beautiful, the shining, seen afar (there may [the righteous] go up, there may [they] pass!)

15 (39). 'Then the ruffian looked [at My creation]; the ruffian Angra Mainyu, the deadly, [spread] nine diseases, and ninety, and nine hundred, and nine thousand, and nine times ten thousand diseases [among men]. So mayst thou heal [them], O Airyaman, the much-desired!

16 (40). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, swift-running steeds; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand fleet, high-humped camels; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

17 (44). 'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand brown oxen that do not push; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

'Unto thee will I give in return a thousand young of all species of small cattle; offer them up as a sacrifice [to GOD, for] the good Saoka, made by Mazda and holy.

18 (48). 'And I will bless thee with the fair, holy [blessing], the friendly, holy [blessing], that makes the empty swell to fulness and the full to overflowing, that comes to help him who was sickening, and makes the sick man sound again.'

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19 (52). Quickly was it done, nor was it long, eagerly set off the much-desired Airyaman, towards the mountain of the holy questions towards the forest of the holy questions.

20 (54). Nine stallions brought he with him, the much-desired Airyaman.

Nine camels brought he with him, the much-desired Airyaman.

Nine bulls brought he with him, the much-desired Airyaman.

Nine head of small cattle brought he with him, the much-desired Airyaman.

He brought with him the nine twigs; he drew along nine furrows.

(21. '[By GOD's leave,] I drive away Ishire, I drive away Aghuire, I drive away Aghra, I drive away Ughra; I drive away sickness, I drive away death, I drive away pain and fever; I drive away Sarana, I drive away Sarastya, I drive away Azana, I drive away Azahva, I drive away Kurugha, I drive away Asivaka, I drive away Duruka, I drive away Astairya; I drive away the disease, rottenness, and infection [that afflict] the bodies of mortals.

22 'I drive away all manner of diseases and deaths, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.

23 '[O GOD,] may the much-desired Airyaman come here for the men and women of Zarathustra to rejoice, for the faithful to rejoice; with the desirable reward that is won by means of the law, and with that boon for holiness that is vouchsafed by Ahura.

24 'May the much-desired Airyaman smite all manner of diseases and deaths, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.

25 'Yatha ahu vairyo: -- the will of the Lord is the law of holiness; the riches of Vohu-mano shall be given to him who works in this world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the power he gave him to relieve the poor.

'Kem na mazda: -- whom hast thou placed to protect me, O Mazda! while the hate of the fiend is grasping me? Whom but thy Atar [fire] and Vohu-mano, by whose work the holy world goes on? Reveal to me the rules of thy law!

'Ke verethrem ga: -- who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain thy ordinances? Teach me clearly thy rules for this world and for the next, that Sraosha [the angel] may come with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest.

'Keep us from our hater, O Mazda [through] Armaiti Spenta! Perish, O fiendish Druj! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish away, O Druj! Perish away to the regions of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit!')