Babai of Nisibis (text) - ܒܒܝ
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Incipit (Opening Line)
“ܚܒܝ̈ܒܝ ܗܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܒܒܝ ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ ܠܕܘܒܪܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ. ܒܓܢܣܗ ܡܢ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܬܚܘ̈ܡܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ.̣ ܡܢ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܦܪ̈ܣܝܐ ܕܒܗܿ. ܗܿܢܘܢ ܕܐܝܬܝ ܫܒܘܪ ܠܗܿ ܠܢܨܝܒܝܢ.”
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“Mes bien-aimés, ce Mâr Babay qui professa la vie divine, était par sa famille de la ville frontalière de Nisibe, issu des Perses de l’endroit que Shabour avait amenés à Nisibe.”
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Explicit (Closing Line)
“ܥܢܕ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܗܿܠܝܢ ܙܒ̈ܢܝܐ ܒܪ ܫܒ̈ܥܝܢ ܘܚܡܫ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ ܘܦܠܓܗܿ. ܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ ܩܘܝ ܒܝܬ ܐܒܗܘ̈ܗܝ. ܘܕܫܪܟܐ ܒܟܪܡܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ. ܨܠܘܬܗ ܥܡܢ. ܐܡܝܢ.”
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“Il quitta cette vie temporelle à l’âge de soixante-quinze ans et demi; il était resté ving-deux ans chez ses parents, et le reste dans la vigne du Christ. Que sa prière soit avec nous. Amen.”
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Editions
Nau, F.Histoires d’Abraham de Kaskar et de Babai de Nisibe: 3e sér. 1 (1918-1919), p. 166-168., : 3e sér. 1 (1918-1919), p. 166-168.
Modern Translations
Syriac Manuscript Witnesses
ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr. 175 (Sachau 329), f. 136b-139
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 983.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Babai of Nisibis (text) — ܒܒܝ .” In Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2015. Entry published November 5, 2015. http://syriaca.org/work/1146.About this Entry
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- This document includes data from Ugo Zanetti, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca (unpublished database). Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
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