رسالة: T-S 8J13.5

رسالة T-S 8J13.5

الوصف

Letter from a foreigner who was formerly "among the givers," a benefactor, but lost his wealth. He asks for assistance from the addressee. (Mark Cohen, Voice of the Poor) VMR Interestingly, the writer blesses the recipient with ויכפיל ממונך (rather than the usual שכר, ‘reward’). (Information from CUDL)

T-S 8J13.5 1r

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النصوص المفرّغة

S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
  1. בשם אל רחום וחנון [
  2. בר אדוני הזקן המכובד והמ[
  3. ויאריך ימיו בטוב ושנותי [
  4. לטובה ויברך את כל מעש[
  5. מפעליו ויזכה ויראה בנ[
  6. וגם יהיה וישמר וינצור ויפרח [
  7. יאריך ימיו ירבה שנותיו יום [
  8. אודיע לאדוני הזקן ה[
  9. כי באתי ממקום רחוק עד ה[
  10. והייתי מן הנותנים ועושי ה[
  11. כל עשרי וכל ממוני ונשארת[י
  12. אדוני הזקן הטוב כי [
  13. עתה רחם עלי כמנהגך ה[
  14. ייי ועליך שמתי בטחו[ני
  15. ואני נכרי ולכן [
  16. מאשר נתן לך ייי [
  17. ויכפיל ממונך ויתן [
  18. ייי אלהי אבר[

الترجمة

Mark Cohen, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005).

Recto

  1. In the name of God, the Merciful the Compassionate
  2. [To] my lord the honored and p[recious] elder [...]
  3. and may He lengthen your days with goodness and [your] years [with pleasantness and grant you]
  4. good things and bless all [your] deeds [and all]
  5. your actions. May you merit to see [male] child[ren] and may He also grant you long life and
  6. guard and protect and make flourish [...]
  7. and lengthen your days and multiply your years [...].  
  8. I inform my lord the [honored] elder
  9. that I came her[e] from a distant place.
  10. I was one of the givers and of those who do k[indness with]
  11. all my affluence and wealth, but [I] was left [...]
  12. My lord the good elder [knows] that [...].
  13. Now, have mercy on me as is in keeping with your [good] habit [before]
  14. the Lord. I put [my] trust in you [...].
  15. Therefore [...]
  16. with what the Lord  [your God] gave to you and may the Lord, God of Abra[ham Isaac and Jacob]
  17. double your wealth and give [you your reward].

 

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