māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād | The day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn (MFRH)

1- pursīd ahlav Zardušt az Ohrmazd kū: «cē rāy mardōmān māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād az abārīg rōzīhā ped meh ud veh ud grāmīgdar dārend?»

2- Ohrmazd pesox dād kū: «Spitāmān Zardušt! māh ī fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, gyān ī gēhānīgān dād hem.

3- māh ī fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, ēr-z anēr-z bun pēdāg būd.

4- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Gayōmard andar gēhān ō pēdāgīh āmad.

5- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Gayōmard Arzūr bē ōzad.

6- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Mahlī ud Mahlyānī az zamīg frāz rust.

7- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Hōšang ī pēšdād andar gēhān ō pēdāgīh mad.

8- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Tahmurup Ahrmen ī durvand ped bārag kird sīh sāl.

9- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Jim gēhān abēmarg kird, abēzarmān kird.

10- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Jim peymānag az dušox bē āvurd ud andar gēhān ō pēdāgīh mad.

11- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Jim astōdānīhā kand, ō mardōmān framūd kandan; ka-šān framūdag ī Jim dīd, rōz ped nōgrōz kird ud nōgrōz nām nihād.

12- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Frēdōn baxšišn ī gēhān kird.

13- Hrōm ō Selm dād, ud Turkestān ō Tūz dād, Ērānšahr ō Ērēz dād.

14- ud sē duxtar Bādusru tazīgān-šāh bē xvāst ud ped zanīh bē pusarān dād.

15- Selm ud Tūz andar pidar aburd-framān šud hend ud Ērēz ī brād ī xvēš rāy bē ōzad hend.

16- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Manušcihr abar kēn ī Ērēz bērōn mad ud Selm ud Tūz rāy ped kēn ī Ērēz bē ōzad.

17- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Sām ī Nerīmānān Sanāvēzag dēv rāy bē ōzad.

18- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Sām ī Nerīmānān Azdahāg rāy bē ōzad.

19- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Gayōmard Arzūr Ahrmen-hunušak bē ōzad.

20- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Kay Husrav Syāvaxšān, Frāsyāk ī tūr ped kēn ī pid ī xvēš bē ōzad.

21- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Kay Husrav Syāvaxšān ped škōh ō garōdmān šud.

22- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Manušcihr ud Ariš šēbāg-tigr zamīg az Frāsyāk ī tūr abāz stad.

23- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Kay Husrav Syāvaxšān pādixšāyīh ō Luhrāsp abespurd, xvad ped pērōzgarīh ō garōdmān šud.

24- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Zardušt ī Spitāmān ō vēnišn ud hampursagīh Ohrmazd ī xvadāy rasīd.

25- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Zardušt ī Spitāmān dēn ī māzdesnān az Ohrmazd ī xvadāy bē pedīrift.

26- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Kay Vištāsp šāh dēn az Zardušt bē pedīrift.

27- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, aštdah tis ped aštdah sāl ō Husrav ī Ohrmazdān rased.

28- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Vahrām ī varzāvand az Hindūgān ō pēdāgīh āyed.

29- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Pešōtan ī Vištāspān az Kangdiz ō Ērānšahr āyed ud dēn ī māzdesnān ravāg kuned.

30- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Ušīdar ī Zarduštān ō vēnišn ud hampursagīh ī Ohrmazd xvadāy rased ud dēn ī māzdesnān az Ohrmazd xvadāy ped ēvbār bē cāšed ud varm bē kuned ud xvaršēd rāy ped meyān asmān abar nēmrōz dah rōz-šabān abāz gīred ud mardōmān rāy ped dēn ī māzdesnān abēgumān bē kuned ud hazārag ī Ušīdarān bun baved ud hān ī Zarduštān ped sar baved.

31- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Sām ī Nerīmānān Azdahāg rāy bē ōzaned ud xvad ped haft kišvar <ped> xvadāyīh bē nišīyed, cand Kay Husrav ped dīdār āyed ud Sām pādixšāyīh ō Kay Husrav abespāred.

32- panzāh-u-haft sāl Kay Husrav haft-kišvar-xvadāy baved ud Sōšyāns mōbed ī mōbedān baved.

33- ud pas hān ka Vištāsp šāh rāy kālbodumand kuned, Kay Husrav pādixšāyīh ō Vištāsp šāh abespāred ud Sōšyāns mōbedān mōbedīh ō Zardušt pid ī xvēš abespāred.

34- māh fravardīn rōz ī hurdād, Ohrmazd ī xvadāy ristāxēz ud tan pasēn kuned, gēhān amarg ud azarmān ud abēš ud abedyārag bē baved.

35- Ahrmen abāg dēvān ud druzān ud hunušagān ud sāstārān ud karbān agār bē bavend, Āz dēv, dēvān ud druzān rāy hamāg bē xvared ud Srōš ahlav Āz dēv rāy agār bē kuned.

36- Ohrmazd ī xvadāy Ahrmen rāy bē zaned ud stard ud agār bē kuned.

37- kē nē pas az hān Gennāg Mēnōg ud nē az hān ī ōy dām ud dahišn abar zamīg pādixšāy nē bavend.

38- Ahrmen ped hān ham sūrāg ka andar dvārist ānōh nayend ud sar bē brīnend ud dušox ped haft ayōxšust bē hambārend.

39- ēn zamīg abāz ō star-pāyag šaved, ud garōdmān az hān gyāg ka ast abāz ō star-pāyag āyed, ud hamāg gyāg garōdmān bē baved.

40- mardōm amarg ud azarmān bē bavend ka pas az hān xvarišn nē abāyed.

41- ud ka gōšt xvard ēsted, ped dād ī cahal-sālag abar hangēzend ud ka gōšt nē xvard ēsted ped dād ī pānzdah-sālag ul hangēzend.

42- u-šān az hān gyāg ul hangēzend kū-šān gyān az tan bē šud.

43- harv mard kē zan nēst, Spendarmed zan dahed ud harv zan kē šōy nēst Ohrmazd šōy dahed.

44- andar panzāh-u-haft sālag avēšān rāy frazend-zāyišnīh baved.

45- hān mard rāy kē hagriz zan nē kird, ud hān zan rāy kē hagriz šōy nē kird pas az hān vēš hagriz frazend-zāyišnīh nē baved.

46- mard ud zan ēk abāg did āsāyend, bē-šān frazend-zāyišnīh nē baved.

47- ud ped hamāg gāh sagr ud pedīx bē bavend, ud tis-iz xvarišn ārzōg nē baved, ud gēhān abēzag bē baved, ud mardōm abedyārag dā hamē-ud-hamē-ravišnīh ahōš bē bavend.

Col.:
frazaft ped drūd ud šādīh ud rāmišn, šād ud ahlav ud farrox ud dagr-zīvišn ud pērōzgar ud kāmag-ravāg ud kāmag-hanzām bavād kē nibišt ud kē xvēš ud kē xvānād ud kē kār framāyed. ēdōn bavād. ēdōndar bavād.

1- The righteous Zarθuštra asked Ahura Mazdā: “Why do the people hold the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn higher, better and more esteemed?”

2- Ahura Mazdā answered: “O’ Spitama Zaraθuštra! On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, I created the souls of the worldly beings.

3- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, the Iranians were distinguished from the non-Iranians.

4- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Gaya Marǝtan came to appearance in the world.

5- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Gaya Marǝtan killed Arzūr.

6- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Maṣya and Maṣyānī grew from the earth.

7- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Haośyaŋha the Paraδāta came to appearance in the world.

8- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Taxma Urupi mounted the wicked Aṇgra Mainyu for thirty years.

9- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Yima made the world deathless and ageless.

10- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Yima took the law of Measure from hell and it appeared in the world.

11- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Yima destroyed the ossuaries and ordered the people to destroy them. When they saw the order of Yima, they made that day the new year’s day and named it Nōgrōz.

12- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Ɵraētaona split the world (between his sons.)

13- He gave Rome to Sairima, Turkestan to Tūraca, and Ērānšahr to Airyaca.

14- And he asked for the three daughters of Bādusru the king of Arabs and gave them in marriage to his sons.

15- Sairima and Tūraca became disobedient to their father and killed their own brother Airyaca.

16- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Manuš.ciθra emerged to avenge Airyaca and killed Sairima and Tūraca in Airyaca’s revenge.

17- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Sāma Naire.manah (Sām of heroic heart) killed the demon Sanāvēzag.

18- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Sāma Naire.manah killed Aži Dahāka.

19- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Gaya Marǝtan killed Arzūr the devil-spawn.

20- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Kavi Haosravah son of Syāvaršan killed Fraŋrasyan the Turyan in revenge for his father.

21- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Kavi Haosravah son of Syāvaršan gloriously went to heaven.

22- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Manuš.ciθra and the vibrant-arrowed Ariš took back the land from Fraŋrasyan the Turyan.

23- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Kavi Haosravah son of Syāvaršan gave kingship to Aurvat̰.aspa and himself went to heaven victoriously.

24- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Spitama Zaraθuštra came to meeting and conversation with Ahura Mazdā the lord.

25- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Spitama Zaraθuštra accepted the Mazdayasnian religion from Ahura Mazdā the lord.

26- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Kavi Vīštāspa the king accepted the religion from Zaraθuštra.

27- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, eighteen things came to Husrav (II Abarvēz) son of Ohrmazd in eighteen years.

28- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, the majestic Vahrām shall appear.

29- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Pǝṣ̌ō.tanū son of Vīštāspa will come to Ērānšahr from the Kangdiz fortress and spread the Mazdayasnian religion.

30- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Uxšyat̰.ǝrǝta son of Zaraθuštra shall come to meeting and conversation with Ahura Mazdā, learn at once the Mazdayasnian religion and memorize it, keep the sun in the middle of the sky at north for ten days and nights and make the people doubtless in the Mazdayasnian religion, and the millennium of Uxšyat̰.ǝrǝta will begin and that of Zaraθuštra will end.

31- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Sāma Naire.manah will kill Aži Dahāka and himself sit in the lordship of the seven climes, until Kavi Haosravah comes to meet him and Sāma gives the lordship to Kavi Haosravah.

32- For fifty-seven years, Kavi Haosravah will be king of the seven climes and Saošyaṇt will be his chief priest.

33- After king Vīštāspa is made corporeal, Kavi Haosravah will give the lordship to Vīštāspa and Saošyaṇt will give the chief priesthood to Zaraθuštra.

34- On the day of Hurdād, the month of Fravardīn, Ahura Mazdā the lord begins the resurrection and the final body, and the world will be deathless and ageless and harmless and without adversary.

35- Aṇgra Mainyu, alongside the demons, the lies, devil-spawns, tyrants and evil priests, will be feeble. Āzi the Daēva will devour all demons and lies, and the righteous Sraoša will make feeble Āzi the Daēva.

36- Ahura Mazdā the lord will strike the Aṇgra Mainyu and make him stupefied and feeble.

37- After that neither the Evil Spirit (Aṇgra Mainyu) nor of any of his creations shall be sovereign over the earth.

38- They will lead the Aṇgra Mainyu to the same hole out of which he rushed inside, cut his head off and will fill up hell with the seven metals.

39- This earth shall return to the star-station, and heaven will come back from where it is to the star-station, and everywhere shall be heaven.

40- The people will be deathless and ageless so that from then on they do not require food.

41- If they’ve eaten meat, they’ll be resurrected in their forties. If they haven’t eaten meat, they’ll be resurrected in their age of fifteen years.

42- And they’ll raise them in the same place that their soul left their body.

43- Every man who doesn’t have a wife, Spǝṇtā Ārmaiti will give him a woman, and every woman who doesn’t have a husband, Ahura Mazdā will give her a man.

44- In their fifty-seventh year they will have childbirth.

45- That man who never took a wife, and that woman who never took a husband, they shall never have childbirth from then on.

46- Man and woman, one will sleep with the other but they will not have childbirth.

47- And at all times they’ll be well-fed and satisfied, and they’ll have no urge to eat, and the whole world will be pure, and the people without adversaries and until forever and ever immortal.

Colophon:
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