0 May the Wise Lord be rejoiced! ....

Holiness is the best of all good ....

I confess myself a worshipper of the Wise Lord, a follower of Zarathustra, one who renounces the false gods and obeys the laws of God;

For devotion, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto God, the Holy and Master of holiness ....

To the most right Rectitude (Arshta), made by the Wise Lord and holy, and to the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord,

Be propitiation from me, with devotion, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.

The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....

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1 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy: we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord, the supplier of good stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees one best from dangers, who brings offerings, who is holy, clever, and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work; who goes quickly and cleanses well; the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord;

2 For which Zarathustra did pray to God, saying: "O Lord, let the most right Rectitude, made by Thee and holy, rise up from her seat, come forward from the Abode. If she is before me, let her stay for me; if she is behind me, let her overtake me.

3 "Let everything be as friendly to us as anything can be: may we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains, run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!"

4 For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard, in remembrance of the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy. I will offer devotion to God, with the offerings, with the healing plant and meat, with the twigs, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy prayers, with the words and deeds, with the offerings, with the well-spoken words.

All those beings of whom the Wise Lord ....

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5 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy: we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

6 For which Zarathustra did pray to God for righteousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon,

7 That God, through the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eyesight of the Kara fish, that lives beneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose depth is a thousand times the height of a man.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

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8 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy; we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

9 For which Zarathustra did pray to God for righteousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon,

10 That God, through the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eyesight of the male horse, that, in the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail, or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's hair, mingled with the earth, and knows whether it is from the head or from the tail.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

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11 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy; we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

12 For which Zarathustra did pray to God for righteousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon,

13 That God, through the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eyesight of the vulture with a golden collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece of flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

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14 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy: we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

15 For which the holy Hvovi did pray to God with full knowledge, wishing that the holy Zarathustra would give her his good teaching, that she might think according to the law, speak according to the law, and do according to the law.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

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16 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy: we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

17 For which the priests, sent afar, did pray to God, wishing a good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their own body.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

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18 In the name of God we remember the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy; we remember the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord ....

19 For which the king of the country, the lord of the country, does pray to God, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for his own body.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard ....

20 The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....

I bless the devotion and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the most right Rectitude, made by the Wise Lord and holy, and of the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord.

Holiness is the best of all good ....

Give unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.