{"slug":"dsc-71","id":"syriac:dsc:dsc-71","title":"On the New Creation","title_source":"On the New Creation","author":"Narsai","genre":"other","date":"Second half of the fifth century CE","tradition":"syriac","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T05:28:01Z","cost_usd":0.01633},"source":{"registry_id":"syriac:dsc:dsc-71","work_id":"dsc-71","edition":"syriac","language":"","license":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"},"stats":{"passages":25,"english_words":6910,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":15091,"commentary_units":148,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":47,"work_notes":5,"external_links":0,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"dsc-71","abstract":"Narsai's memrā 'On the New Creation' is a late fifth-century Syriac poetic homily that explores the theme of eschatological renewal and restoration. Composed during Narsai's tenure at the School of Edessa or after his move to Nisibis, the work employs dense typological and liturgical imagery to articulate a vision of creatio continua, distinct from the initial creation ex nihilo. The text survives in multiple East Syriac manuscripts from the 9th–10th centuries and was incorporated into the liturgical cycle for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church. Its central term, ḥuddātā, echoes themes of divine transcendence and immanence, paralleling the apophatic theology of Ephrem and Pseudo-Dionysius. The English translation occasionally smooths Narsai's dense poetic syntax, and the lack of a critical apparatus limits text-critical use.","historical_context":"Narsai (d. ca. 503) was a leading theologian and poet of the East Syriac tradition, active at the School of Edessa until its closure in 489, after which he moved to Nisibis and helped establish its renowned school. This memrā was likely composed in the late fifth century, during a period of intense Christological controversy following the Council of Chalcedon (451). The work reflects the liturgical and catechetical needs of the East Syriac community, which valued poetic homilies (memrē) for teaching and worship. The Syriac text survives in multiple manuscripts, with the earliest witnesses from the 9th–10th centuries, indicating a stable transmission within the East Syriac liturgical tradition. The memrā was incorporated into the liturgical cycle for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church, linking its eschatological themes to the physical and spiritual renewal of the church building. The work engages with earlier Syriac traditions, especially Ephrem the Syrian, and anticipates later developments in East Syriac theology.","significance":"This memrā is significant for its poetic articulation of eschatological renewal within the East Syriac tradition, bridging liturgical practice and theological reflection. It exemplifies Narsai's role as a liturgical poet and teacher, and its themes of creatio continua and divine transcendence resonate with broader patristic and Syriac traditions, including Ephrem and Pseudo-Dionysius. The work also provides insight into the liturgical life of the East Syriac church in the late antique period.","timeline":[{"date":"Late 5th c.","event":"Narsai composes 'On the New Creation' at the School of Edessa or in Nisibis."},{"date":"489","event":"Closure of the School of Edessa; Narsai moves to Nisibis."},{"date":"ca. 503","event":"Death of Narsai."},{"date":"9th–10th c.","event":"Earliest surviving Syriac manuscripts of the memrā."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"Incorporation into the East Syriac liturgical cycle for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church."}],"relations":[{"work":"Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on Paradise","relation":"Influenced by Ephrem's typological and poetic style, especially themes of creation and eschatology.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Divine Names","relation":"Parallels in apophatic theology and the paradox of hidden nature revealed through works.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Narsai, Memrā on the Resurrection","relation":"Part of Narsai's larger corpus of liturgical memrē, sharing eschatological themes.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"East Syriac Liturgy for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church","relation":"The memrā was incorporated into this liturgical cycle, reflecting its catechetical and eschatological purpose.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The exact date of composition is uncertain; it is placed in the late fifth century based on Narsai's career.","The earliest surviving manuscripts date from the 9th–10th centuries, leaving a gap of several centuries in transmission.","The English translation may smooth over Narsai's dense poetic syntax, potentially obscuring his precise typological arguments.","No critical apparatus is provided, limiting text-critical use of the edition."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000546,"generated":"2026-11-15T05:25:32Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Digital Syriac Corpus text","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"},{"kind":"authority","label":"syriaca.org work record","url":"http://syriaca.org/work/8573"},{"kind":"authority","label":"syriaca.org author record","url":"http://syriaca.org/person/650"}],"checks":{"work":"dsc-71","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":25,"translated":25,"commentary_passages":25,"commentary_units":148,"english_words":6910,"source_letters":23579,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai (d. ca. 503) likely composed this memrā in the late 5th century, during his tenure at the School of Edessa or after his move to Nisibis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac text survives in multiple manuscripts, with the earliest witnesses from the 9th–10th centuries, indicating a stable East Syriac liturgical tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This memrā was incorporated into the East Syriac liturgical cycle for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church, reflecting its catechetical and eschatological themes.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The edition’s English translation occasionally smooths over Narsai’s dense poetic syntax, which may obscure his precise typological arguments.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"No critical apparatus is provided; variant readings from the manuscript tradition are not discussed, limiting text-critical use.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in classical Syriac; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 25 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: syriac — CC BY 4.0"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":25},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:dsc-71":{"label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܫܬܐ\nܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܘܠܵܚܹܡ ܠܚܲܕܼ\nܒܫܲܒܵܐ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐ\nܥܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ\nܒܪܝܼܟܼܘܼ ܕܲܒܼܢܵܢ ܘܲܗܦܲܟ ܘܚܲܒܿܠܲܢ: ܘܲܥܬܼܝܼܕܼ ܕܢܸܒܼܢܹܝܢ\nܘܬܼܘܼܒܼ ܠܵܐ ܢܚܲܒܿܠܲܢ: ܐܲܚܲܝ̈. :ܚܲܕܼ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܒܪ̣ܵܗ̇ ܠܲܒܼܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܠܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܝܼ̈ܛܵܬܼܵܐ ܠܲܫܒܼܝܼ̈ܚܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܬܲܩܸܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܥܡܝܼܠ ܒܲܬܼܥܵܫܵܐ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܚܲܪܲܪ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܥܒܵܕܼܵܐ ܕܲܥܡܝܼ̈ܠܬܼܵܐ ܀ ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܡܵܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܪܝܼ ܒܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܹܗ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ:\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܫܲܠܸܡ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܓܼܡܝܼܪܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܲܟܼܝܼܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ݁ܫܹܐ\nܘܒܲܠܡܹܐܝܢ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܫܬܿܚܩܘܼܢ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܕܙܵܐܹ̇ܢ ܬܹܒܹܝܠ ܒܲܕܼܡܸܬܼܚܲܙ̈ܝܵܢ\nܘܲܥܬܼܝܼܕܼ ܕܢܲܚܸܐ ܒܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܚܲܙ̈ܝܵܢ ܠܲܕܼܡܸܬܼܚܲܘܙ̈ܝܵܢ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ ܡܛܲܟܸܿܣ ܪܲܗܛܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܹ݁ܐ ܘܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܡ̣ܢ ܒܹܝܬܼ ܓܲܙܹܗ ܡܦܲܠܸܓܼ ܕܸܫܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܟܲܣܝܵܐ ܕܲܟܼܣܸܐ ܟܝܵܢܹܗ ܘܲܓܼܠܸܐ ܥܒܼܵܕܹܗ\nܘܟܲܕܼ ܗܘ̤ ܟܲܣܝܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܥܒܼܵܕܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܩܵܥܹ̇ܝܢ ܥܲܠ ܟܲܣܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܥܒܼܵܕܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܣܵܗ̇ܕܿܝܼܢ ܥܲܠ ܟܲܣܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܕܵܪܟܵܐ\nܕܗܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܘ ܠܵܐ ܡܨܹܝܢ ܘܚܵܙܹ̇ܝܢ ܠܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܐܲܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܘܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ\nܘܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܩܵܘܘܿܢ ܥܒܼܵܕܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܀ :ܒܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܫܵܘܬܸܿܦ ܥܒܼܵܕܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ\nܕܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܡܩܵܘܹܝܢ ܢܸܗܘܘܿܢ ܣܵܗ̈ܕܹܿܐ ܕܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܀","english":"On the New Creation\nA Memra of Twenty-Six\nOn the New Creation, and it is fitting for one\non the first day of the new week.\nA Hymn.\n\nBlessed is He who made, turned, and destroyed, and is destined to make again\nand not again to destroy. One Creator created creation from nothing,\nand He renews it from fragments to glories. One will established the world, toiling in labor,\nand He frees it from the servitude of toils. One is the Lord who begins in a labor that has no labor,\nand He completes it in perfection without deficiency. One is the nature that knows all rational and silent beings,\nand in the fullness of His love He rests the limits of His signs that are not obliterated. One is the sign that moves the world in visible forms,\nand is destined to revive it in invisible forms to visible forms. One authority orders the course of the wakeful and the sleeping,\nand from His treasury He distributes gifts according to their wills. One is the hidden one who conceals His nature and reveals His work,\nand while He is hidden, His works cry out concerning His hiddenness. His works bear witness to His hiddenness, which is incomprehensible,\nthat from what they were not, they are able to see His eternity. Eternally He exists, and His existence is without beginning,\nand without end, the will of His works that He made endures. In His eternity, the will of the works He made participates,\nso that what endures may be witnesses to His eternity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܫܬܐ","severity":"info","text":"The heading identifies this as the twenty-sixth memra of a larger collection, likely a liturgical cycle. The rubric also links it to the first day of a new week, suggesting a specific occasion.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ḥuddātā (renewal, new creation) is central to the work. It echoes the concept of creatio continua and eschatological restoration, distinct from the initial creation (brytʾ).","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܪ̣ܵܗ̇ ܠܲܒܼܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'created creation from nothing' (ex nihilo) reflects the standard Christian doctrine of creation, as articulated in 2 Maccabees 7:28 and later patristic tradition, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܥܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'ʿunyā' (hymn) indicates a liturgical genre, often used in the East Syriac tradition for poetic compositions sung during worship. This aligns with Narsai's role as a liturgical poet.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܟܲܣܝܵܐ ܕܲܟܼܣܸܐ ܟܝܵܢܹܗ ܘܲܓܼܠܸܐ ܥܒܼܵܕܹܗ","severity":"info","text":"The paradox of a hidden nature revealed through works parallels the apophatic theology of Pseudo-Dionysius and the Syriac tradition of Ephrem, emphasizing divine transcendence and immanence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܲܗܦܲܟ ܘܚܲܒܿܠܲܢ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'made, turned, and destroyed' is ambiguous: 'turned' (hpk) may imply transformation or perversion. The sense of cyclical creation and destruction is unusual in Narsai and may reflect a specific exegetical tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'turned and destroyed' (hpk wḥbl) could be read as a single action of transformation leading to destruction, or as two separate divine acts. The reading taken treats them as sequential phases of divine activity.","The identity of the 'one' (ḥad) throughout is ambiguous: it may refer to God, Christ, or a divine attribute. The reading taken assumes a unified divine referent."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":":ܐܲܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܦܠܸܐ ܕܲܢܩܵܘܸܐ ܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ ܘܥܲܡܠܹܗ\nܕܐܲܝܟ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܗܘ̤ ܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܐܲܡܝܼܢ ܐܵܦ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܹܗ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܒܪ̣ܵܗ̇ ܠܲܒܼܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܬܸܛܲܪ ܒܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇ ܐܵܦ ܠܹܗ ܠܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܀ :ܥܲܡ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܗ̇ ܪܵܕܹܝܢ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܗܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܘ\nܘܥܵܒܼ̇ܪܝܼܢ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܗ̤ܝ ܠܵܐ ܥܵܒܼ̇ܪܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇ ܀ :ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܪܵܕܹܝܢ ܛܲܟܼܣܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܝܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇\nܘܐܵܦܸܢ ܫܵܠ̇ܡܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܗ̇ ܐܵܦ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܥܲܠ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܗ̇ ܢܲܓܼܕܲܢܲܝ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܝ ܠܡܸܫܬܲܢܵܝܘܼ\nܕܲܚܙܹ̇ܝܬܼ ܕܲܦܠܸܐ ܛܵܒܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܦܠܸܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܗ̇ ܒܲܕܼܢܲܩܝܼܦ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܦ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܗ̇\nܘܠܹܗ ܠܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܐܸܡ̇ܪܹܬܼ ܕܲܦܠܸܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܀ :ܦܠܸܐ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܗ̇ ܕܬܸܩܢܲܬ̤ ܡܸܬܫܹܠܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ\nܘܲܦܠܸܐ ܣܲܓܼܝܼ ܐܵܦ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܗ̇ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܀ :ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܐܸܣܟܹܿܡܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܬܼ ܡܸܢܫܹܠܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ\nܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܠܚܲܪܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܲܦܠܸܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܲܕܼܡ̇ܝܵܐ ܀ :ܦܠܸܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܛܵܒܼܵܐ ܠܲܡܚܲܕܵܬܼܘܼ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ\nܕܲܒܼܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܗ̇ ܬܩܵܘܸܐ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܪܓܼܝܼܓܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܕܬܸܗܘܸܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ\nܘܲܡܫܲܠܸܡ ܠܵܗ̇ ܠܪܸܓܲܬܼ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܒܝܘܿܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ ܗܵܢ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܡܬܼܘܿܡ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ:\nܕܬܸܗܘܸܐ ܠܘܼܩܕܼܵܡ ܕܲܡܠܸܐ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܘܟܸܢ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ ܀ :ܝܵ̇ܕܲܥ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܗܵܢ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܩܕܼܵܡ ܟܠܡܸܕܸܿܡ\nܘܠܵܘ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܬܲܩܸܢ ܘܐܲܟܸܿܢ ܬܲܩܸܢ ܀","english":"Amazement is fitting for the one who is, and his work, that as he is, so also is his renewal. It was not for the sake of time that she bore creation, the creator of creation, but that she might preserve in her renewal also for time. With her renewal, times run, behold from when they were, and times pass, and she does not pass from what she is. Without end, the orders of her renewal run, and also the end is complete with her end, and her renewal. Upon her end, the thoughts of my mind are astonished, that I saw that the wonder is greater than the time of her beginning. Her end is a wonder, for it is like her renewal, and I said of the renewal that it is a wonder more than the beginning. The beginning of her establishment is a wonder, that she came to be from nothing, and very much a wonder also is her renewal, that from silence she becomes. In that form that she was from nothing, at the end she becomes something that is a wonder more than the first. It is a wonder for the Good One to renew creation outside, that in her renewal she might stand with him without end. Without end he desired that she be from the beginning, and he fulfills the desire of her love on the day of the end. This will was his from eternity, without beginning, that she be before time was filled, and also forever. He knew this will before everything, and not newly did he will to establish and to perfect the establishment.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ (amīʿūtā) denotes 'renewal' or 'renovation,' a key concept in Narsai's eschatology, distinct from simple restoration.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The word ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ (zabʿā) means 'time' or 'era,' here contrasted with the eternal renewal of creation, emphasizing temporality against divine permanence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's memra reflects the Syriac theological tradition of creatio ex nihilo and the cyclical renewal of time, likely drawing on earlier East Syrian liturgical and cosmological themes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a chiastic meditation on beginning and end, contrasting the wonder of creation from nothing with the wonder of renewal from silence, mirroring the memra's overall narrative arc.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'from silence she becomes' echoes the Syriac tradition of creation as a movement from divine silence to speech, paralleling themes in Ephrem's Hymns on Faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac text shows possible scribal variation in the phrase 'ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ' (dabārā), which may mean 'outside' or 'in the open,' but the English draft renders it as 'outside,' a plausible reading.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ' (dabārā) is ambiguous: it could mean 'outside' (as in the English draft) or 'in the wilderness,' but the context of renewal favors 'outside' as a spatial metaphor for the material world."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":":ܡܦܵܣ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܣܲܓܿܝܼ ܐܵܦ ܒܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܒܼܵܬܲܪ ܕܒܼܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܘܠܵܘ ܚܘܼܫܵܒܼܵܐ ܥܨ̣ܵܝܗܝ ܕܲܢܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܡ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܚܘܼܫܵܒܼܵܐ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܫܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܫܲܒܼ\nܘܠܵܐ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܘܨܵܒܹ̇ܐ ܀ :ܡܚܲܫܲܒ̣ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܘ̇ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܣܥ݂ܲܪ ܥܕܼܠܵܐ ܢܸܣܥܘܿܪ\nܘܲܨܒܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܘ̇ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܨܒܼܵܐ ܘܲܗܘ̤ܵܘ ܀ :ܠܵܘ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܣܥ݂ܲܪ ܟܠ ܕܣܥ݂ܲܪ ܘܲܥܬܼܝܼܕܼ ܕܢܸܣܥܿܪ\nܒܗܵܝ̇ ܕܐܝܼܬܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܟܠܡܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܥܲܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܠܲܥܒܼܵܕܼ ܐܝܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ\nܘܲܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܥܲܡܠܹܗ ܒܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܛܲܟܸܣܹ̈ܐ ܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܠܲܥܒܼܵܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܫܒܼܝܼܚ ܒܲܥ̇ܒܼܵܕܹܗ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܨܸܐ ܥܒܼܵܕܹܗ ܕܢܑܹܡܲܪ ܕܟܼܡܵܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚ ܘܲܡܛܲܟܲܣ ܀ :ܫܒܼܝܼܚ ܘܲܡܛܲܟܲܣ ܟܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܠܲܬܼܪܹܝܢ ܥܵܠܡܹ̈ܐ\nܕܲܠܚܲܕܼ ܝܲܗ̣̄ܒܼܠܹܗ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܝ̄ܕܼܝܼܥܵܐ ܘܚܲܕܼ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ ܀ :ܒܚܲܕܼ ܣܵܡ̣ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܲܢܩܵܘܸܐ ܟܠ ܒܲܥܡܝܼ̈ܠܵܬܼܵܐ\nܘܲܐ̄ܚܪܹܝܢ ܥܲܒܼܕܹܿܗ ܕܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܠܲܥܡܝܼ̈ܠܹܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܐܲܣܸܢ ܒܹܗ ܙܢܲܝ̈ ܕܘܼܪܵܫܵܐ ܕܲܡܠܸܐ ܥܲܡܠܹ̈ܐ\nܘܠܲܐ̄ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܡ̣ܠܵܝܗܝ ܗܵܪܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܹܗ ܡܲܐܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܲܬܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܚܵܪ̣ ܒܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܟܣܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܓܼܝܼܙܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܛܲܟܸܿܣ ܐܸܢܘܿܢ ܐܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܕܲܦܠܸܐ ܠܝܵ̇ܕܲܥ ܟܠܵܐ ܀ :ܝܵ̇ܕܲܥ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܥܘܼܡܪܵܐ ܕܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܕܡܸܫܬܲܪܝܵܢܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣\nܘܩܲܕܸܿܡ ܠܲܒܿܒܹܗ ܒܝܕܼ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܘܕܲܝܼ ܠܹܗ ܀","english":"It is fitting, very much so, also in the renewal that is after the works, and not a thought of his that is difficult, that he renews when he renews. There is no thought for that thought which is unthinkable, and no will for that will which does not will and yet wills. He would think for himself that which he accomplishes before the accomplishment, and he would will for himself that will which wills and becomes. Not in a new way did he accomplish all that he accomplished and is destined to accomplish, because there was for him everything that was, before it was. In a firm manner he made a beginning for the work of his hands, and in a glorious manner he renewed his labor in the completion of the seasons. Seasons and orders he made for his works, glorious in his work, and his work is not able to say how glorious and ordered it is. Glorious and ordered is the order that he made for the two worlds, giving to one a known season and to the other one eternal. In one he set an order that endures all labors, and he made the other free from labor, giving rest to the laborers. One he filled with the small things of strife that are full of labors, and the other he filled with the joy that has no weariness. After both he looked with a hidden eye at the hiddenness of his treasury, and he ordered them as one who marvels at the knowledge of all. He knew the dwelling of the season that was to be dissolved, and he anticipated its heart by means of the renewal that he confessed to it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ḥuddātā (renewal) is central to Narsai’s theology of creation and eschatology, denoting both the original act and the ongoing renewal of the world.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage contrasts the eternal, uncreated nature of God with the temporal, ordered creation, emphasizing that God’s thought and will precede and encompass all temporal acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai (d. ca. 503) was a leading theologian of the Church of the East, known for his poetic homilies (memre) that often explore themes of creation, time, and divine economy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms part of a narrative reflection on the renewal of creation, moving from the divine will to the ordering of two worlds (temporal and eternal) and concluding with God’s hidden oversight.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The distinction between a world with a known season and one that is eternal echoes earlier Syriac traditions, such as Ephrem’s Hymns on Paradise, which contrast the temporal world with the eternal realm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Syriac phrase ܕܲܠܚܲܕܼ ܝܲܗ̣̄ܒܼܠܹܗ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܝ̄ܕܼܝܼܥܵܐ ܘܚܲܕܼ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ could be read as referring to two distinct worlds (temporal and eternal) or to two aspects of the same creation; the translation adopts the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":":ܒܝܲܕܼ ܫܘܼܘܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܓܲܪܸܓܼ ܢܲܓܼܕܹܿܗ ܠܘܵܬܼ ܝܼܕܲܥܬܹܗ\nܕܡ̇ܐ ܕܝܼܕܲܥ ܠܹܗ ܢܗܲܝܡܸܢ ܕܲܡܨܸܐ ܡܩܝܼܡ ܡܲܦܘܼܠܬܹܿܗ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܠܢܲܦܠܵܐ ܐܲܚܕܹܿܡ ܒܐܝܝܼܕܼܵܐ ܒܸܣܪܵܢܵܝܵܬܵܐ\nܘܲܣܡ݂ܲܟ ܬܲܪܨܹܗ ܘܲܬܼܠܵܐ ܚܝܵܪܹܗ ܠܐܲܦܲܝ̈ ܪܵܘܡ̇ܐ ܀ :ܒܐܝܼܕܼܵܐ ܕܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܐܲܚܕܹܿܗ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܡܵܪܹܗ ܕܥܵܠܡܵܐ\nܘܲܩܥܥ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܕܩܘܼܡ ܘܐܸܬܼܚܲܝܲܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܘܼܪܗܵܢܹܗ ܀ :ܡܸܕܼܪܵܐ ܕܡܸܢܹܗ ܡܲܕܸܿܟ ܝܲܗ̣̄ܒܼ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܣܲܡܵܐ\nܘܐܸܫܬܿܝܼ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܘܢܲܦܨܵܗ̇ ܠܡܸܪܬܼܵܐ ܕܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܚܝ̣ܵܐ ܘܐܸܬܼܢܲܚܲܡ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܡܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ\nܘܝܼܠܸܦ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܬܼܘܼܒܼ ܡܸܬܼܢܲܚܲܡ ܒܗܘܿܢ ܒܲܥܒܼܵܕܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܕܪܲܫ ܠܹܗ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܠܲܡܣܲܟܵܝܘܼ ܠܬܼܘܼܩܵܢ ܪܵܘܡ̇ܐ\nܘܫܲܕܲܪ ܩܘܼܕܸܡ̇ܘܗܝ ܚܲܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܝܟ ܗܲܕܿܝܼܠܵܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܐܝܼܙ ܓܲܘ̣ܵܐ ܫܠܲܚ̣ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܢܵܐ\nܕܲܢܛܲܝܸܒܼ ܠܹܗ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܥܡܝܼܠܵܐ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܓܡܝܼܪ̈ܵܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܪܲܒܿܟܿܘܼܡܪܹ̈ܐ ܦܲܩܕܹܿܗ ܕܢܸܥܘܿܠ ܠܩܘܼܕܿܫܵܐ ܕܲܠܥܸܠ\nܕܲܢܚܲܣܸܐ ܒܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܚܵܘܒܵܬܹ̈ܗ ܕܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܥܡܝܼܠܵܐ ܀ :ܗܡܲܝܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܝܢܵܐ ܢܣ݂ܲܒܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܪܹܐ ܟܠܵܐ\nܕܡ̇ܐ ܕܗܘ̤ ܨܹܐܕܼܵܘܗܝ ܢܗܲܝܡܸܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܕܨܹܐܕܼܵܘܗܝ ܦܵܢܹ̇ܐ ܀ :ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܬܲܚܸܡ ܕܠܸܐܡܲܬܼܝ ܦܵܢܹ̇ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܨܹܝܕܼ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ\nܘܗܵܐ ܡܣܲܟܹܿܝܢ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܘܲܫܡܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܒܘܼܣܵܡܵܐ ܡܣܲܟܸܿܐ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܥܡܝܼܠ ܒܲܚܛܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܕܢܸܣܲܒܼ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܚܪܘܼܪ ܚܵܘ̈ܒܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܚܵܒܼ ܠܐܲܠܵܗܹܗ ܀ :ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܐܝܼܙ ܓܲܕܵܐ ܕܫܲܕܲܪ ܩܘܼܡ̇ܘܗܝ ܡܣܲܟܸܿܐ ܟܠܝܘܿܡ\nܕܢܹܐܬܸܐ ܡܣܲܒܿܪܝܼܘܗܝ ܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܹܗ ܀","english":"Through confessions he compels her to go toward his knowledge, that which he knows, and she believes that he is able to raise up her fall. As a builder, he takes hold of the building with his hand, sets its structure, and casts his gaze upon the heights. With the hand of the physician, the Lord of the world takes hold of the world, and commands it to rise and be healed from its sickness. Again, from him he gives it a medicine in the form of a remedy, and she drinks from it and is cured of the sickness of mortality. The dead world lives and is healed mysteriously, and learns the order of being healed again in the same works. He prepares a way for her to ascend to the summit of the heights, and sends before him one of his own as a guide. One spirit, then, he sends from the world to another world, to prepare the weary world for the perfect world. As a chief priest, he commands her to enter the holy of holies above, that she might be hidden there from the sins of the weary world. The messenger of the hour takes from all the Lord of all, that which is his portion, and she believes that all that is his portion will be saved. The sacrifice determines when she will be saved from the portion of her sin, and behold, she ascends over the earthly and the heavenly. For that joy, the weary world ascends in sin, that from it she might receive the remission of the sins she sinned against her God. For that spirit, the fortune that he sent before him, she ascends every day, that she might come to await the renewal of her antiquity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܫܘܼܘܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term šūḇdāyē (confessions) carries a juridical and ecclesial sense, often denoting formal declarations of faith or acknowledgment of sin. Here it likely refers to the world's act of confessing its fallen state to God.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܣܲܡܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The image of God giving a medicine (sammā) to heal the world echoes biblical healing metaphors, e.g., Jer 30:17 or Ps 147:3 (LXX). Narsai adapts this to describe Christ's salvific remedy for mortality.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܪܲܒܿܟܿܘܼܡܪܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term rabb-kūmrē (chief priest) reflects Syriac Christian appropriation of Zoroastrian priestly vocabulary, possibly to evoke the authority of Christ or a typological figure leading the world into the holy of holies.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܠܢܲܦܠܵܐ ... ܘܲܣܡ݂ܲܟ ܬܲܪܨܹܗ","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a builder metaphor to a physician metaphor, then to a priestly one, creating a triadic structure that emphasizes the world's restoration through craft, medicine, and ritual.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܲܕܼ ܐܝܼܙ ܓܲܘ̣ܵܐ ܫܠܲܚ̣ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The sending of one spirit from one world to another parallels Narsai's homiletic motif of the Holy Spirit as a guide (haddīlā) preparing the weary world for the perfect world, akin to a precursor of the eschaton.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܗܡܲܝܪܵܐ ܕܫܲܝܢܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'messenger of the hour' (hammayrā d-šayʿā) is ambiguous: it may denote a temporal angel or a liturgical functionary. The translation 'messenger of the hour' is conventional but not certain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the messenger of the hour' (hammayrā d-šayʿā) is unclear; it may be an angelic figure or a personification of time.","The phrase 'the fortune that he sent before him' (gaddā d-šaddar qūmawhī) could refer to a predestined spirit or a personified lot; the translation 'fortune' is interpretive."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":":ܡܸܢܫܹܠܝ ܕܵܢܲܚ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܘ̇ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ\nܘܪܵܕܹܦ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܚܸܫܟܵܐ ܕܥܲܡܠܹ̈ܐ ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܀ :ܒܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܦܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܡܲܥܒܲܪ ܐܸܒܼܠܵܐ ܕܲܟܼܡܝܼܪܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܡܲܩܸܠ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܝܘܼܩܪܵܐ ܩܲܫܝܵܐ ܕܚܵܫܘܿܫܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܩܵܠ ܫܝܼܦܘܿܪܵܐ ܡܥܝܼܪ ܕܲܡܟܿܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܝܼܕܲܥܬܹܗ\nܘܢܵܐܹ̇ܕ ܩܵܐܹ̇ܡ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܥܲܪܣܵܐ ܕܥܲܣܩܘܼܬܼ ܟܹܐܒܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܀ :ܠܟܼܠܹܗ ܒܟܼܠܹܗ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܗܵܝܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܕܘܼܟܿܬܼܵܐ ܕܦܵܝ̇ܫܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ\nܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܘܟܼܠ ܕܲܚܒܼܝܼܫܝܼܢ ܒܲܬܼܚܘܼܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܢܵܚܝܼܢ ܐܲܟܲܚ̄ܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܲܡܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܠܵܐܹ̇ܝܢ ܒܲܥܡܝܼ̈ܠܵܬܵܪܐ ܕܣܘܼܢܩܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܟܠ ܥܲܡ ܟܠܵܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܗܵܘ̇ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܝܘܼܩܪ̈ܝܼܢ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܥܒܼܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܠܵܘ ܒܲܗܝܵܚܹܗ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܠܲܐܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܢܲܚܬܵܐ ܗܵܝ̇ ܕܲܪܫܝܼܡܵܐ ܒܣܸܦܪ̈ܲܝ ܪܘܼܚܵܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܿܬܿܢܝܼܚܝܼܢ ܩܵܠܹ̈ܐ ܫܚܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܢܒܼܝܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܢܝܵܚܹܗ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܕܫܵܚܹ̇ܩ ܠܲܕܼܢܵܐܲܚ ܒܹܗ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܩܵܢܹ̇ܛ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ܕܩܹܝܬܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܠܲܕܼܒܼܝܼܫ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܘܼܠܵܦܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܘܲܠܒܼܝܼܫ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܕܲܡܣܲܟܸܿܐ ܒܣܘܼܟܵܝ ܣܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܕܣܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܐ̇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܀ ܒܹܗ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܝܼܢ ܟܠ ܣܘܼܟܵܝܼ̈ܢ ܕܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܘܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ:\nܘܒܹܗ ܡܸܣܬܲܝ̈ܟܼܵܢ ܩܲܕ̈ܡܵܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܘܲܐ̄ܚܪ̈ܵܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܲܠܡܹܐܝܢ ܫܲܝܢܹܗ ܢܵܝ̇ܚܝܼܢ ܟܸܢܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܫܡܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܿܚܩܝܼܢ ܠܲܡܕܲܒܵܪܘܼ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܀","english":"He drives out the darkness of earthly labors from that world by the light of his face. By the light of his countenance he removes the burden of heavy suffering. With the sound of a trumpet he awakens the sleep of ignorance, and he stands up as if from a bed of hard pains. He renews the whole entirely from a rest without weariness, and no place remains in him that is without renewal. The entire creation is renewed in him by that renewal: heaven and earth and everything contained within their boundaries. The rational and the mute live together free from their labors, and they no longer come to the toils of their afflictions. That whole world rests from all its burdens, and there are no members that do not rest in its tranquility. That is the vision that is depicted in the books of the Spirit, and through it the hidden voices of purity are revealed. There is no labor in its tranquility that would disturb our vision in it, and no longer does it suffer from the change of good and evil. There is no distinction between good and evil in that renewal, nor does one hope obscure the meaning of another hope. In it are bound all the meanings of the wakeful and the sleeping, and in it the beginnings and the ends are completed. By its fullness its rays reach the limits of the heavens, and heaven and earth are not governed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܦܵܘ̈ܗܝ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'by the light of his countenance' (Syriac ܒܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܐܲܦܵܘ̈ܗܝ) is a standard Syriac expression for divine presence, often used in liturgical and exegetical contexts to denote Christ's revelatory power.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܩܵܠ ܫܝܼܦܘܿܪܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The 'sound of a trumpet' (Syriac ܒܩܵܠ ܫܝܼܦܘܿܪܵܐ) evokes the eschatological trumpet of Revelation (e.g., Rev 8–11) and the awakening of the dead, a common motif in Narsai's homilies on resurrection.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܣܸܦܪ̈ܲܝ ܪܘܼܚܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"'The books of the Spirit' (Syriac ܣܸܦܪ̈ܲܝ ܪܘܼܚܵܐ) likely refers to the Old and New Testaments as interpreted through typological or spiritual exegesis, a hallmark of the East Syriac exegetical tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"passage","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms the climax of a narrative sequence describing cosmic renewal, moving from the removal of labor and suffering to the unification of all creation in a state of rest, mirroring the structure of a resurrection homily.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The renewal of 'the entire creation' (Syriac ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܐ) parallels Narsai's homily 'On the Resurrection' (ed. Mingana), where the risen Christ restores heaven and earth to a primordial state.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܲܠܒܼܝܼܫ","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac term ܘܲܠܒܼܝܼܫ (translated 'evil') is ambiguous; it could also mean 'clothed' or 'covered,' though the context of moral contrast with 'good' (ܛܵܒܼ) supports the reading 'evil.'","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ܘܲܠܒܼܝܼܫ' is ambiguous between 'evil' and 'clothed'; the context of moral contrast supports 'evil.' 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The draft's rendering 'flesh' may obscure the anthropological focus on redeemed humanity.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ","severity":"info","text":"The plural ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (rūḥānāyē) means 'spiritual ones' or 'spiritual beings', likely referring to angels or resurrected souls. The draft's 'spiritual ones' is accurate, but the term contrasts with ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ (human) in a binary of earthly vs. celestial existence.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܲܕܼ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܚܲܕܼ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'one will of one Creator' echoes Pauline language of unity under God (e.g., Eph 4:4-6) and may allude to the eschatological harmony described in 1 Cor 15:28, where resurrected beings share a single divine purpose.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܲܓܵܢ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܡܲܓܵܢ (maggāʿē) means 'magi' or 'sorcerers', likely referring to Zoroastrian priests or astrologers. In Narsai's context, this may denote non-Christian religious figures whose conversion or subjugation is part of the eschatological renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a chiastic structure: it begins with release from labor (lines 1-2), moves through transformation of command and suffering (lines 5-8), and culminates in universal joy and unity (lines 9-12), mirroring the progression from earthly to eternal rest.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܵܥܟܵܐ ܚܛܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܘܕܼܵܥܹ̇ܟ ܡ̇ܘܬܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac verb ܕܵܥܟ (dāʿek) means 'is extinguished' or 'fades', but the English draft renders it as passive ('is extinguished'). The subject 'sin' and 'death' are personified; the sense is that they cease to exist for the redeemed, not that they are actively destroyed.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The term ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ (ʾenāšā) is ambiguous between 'human being' and 'flesh'; the draft chooses 'flesh' but the context of spiritual renewal suggests a broader anthropological reading.","The phrase ܡܲܓܵܢ (maggāʿē) could refer to Zoroastrian magi or generic sorcerers; the exact referent in Narsai's eschatology is uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":":ܚܲܕܼܘ ܡܲܡܠܸܟ ܥܲܡ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܣܵܡ̣ ܠܹܗ ܬܵܓܼܵܐ\nܘܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܕܕܼܵܐܹ̇ܝܢ ܒܹܗ ܒܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܲܗ̣̄ܒ ܠܹܗ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܀ :ܟܠܹܗ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܢܣ݂ܲܒܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܒܼܵܐ ܒܪܵܐ ܒܲܪ ܓܸܢܣܲܢ\nܘܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܕܝܵܗܹ̇ܒܼ ܕܵܫܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܛܵܒܹ̈ܐ ܘܢܸܓܼ̈ܕܹܿܐ ܠܒܼܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܒܝܘܿܡ ܓܸܠܝܵܢܹܗ ܡܚܵܘܸܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܪܹܫܢܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܲܡܫܲܥܒܸܿܕܼ ܟܠ ܘܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܟܠ ܒܚܹܝܠ ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܹܗ ܀ :ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܒܐܝܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܡܣܲܟܿܝܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܘܗܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܬܲܢܚܵܐ ܕܠܸܐܡܲܬܼܝ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܙܒܲܢ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܗ̇ ܀ ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܚܸܒܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܡ̇ܚܹ̇ܝܢ ܚܲܫܹ̈ܐ ܠܚܵܫܘܿܫܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇:\nܕܐܸܡܲܬܼܝ ܬܵܘܠܸܕܼ ܥܘܸܠܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܝܵܠܹܕܿܬܵܐ ܛܥܝܼܢܵܐ ܝܘܼܩܪܵܐ ܕܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܗܘ̇ ܝܵܘܡ̇ܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܟܲܪܝܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇ ܘܡܲܥܒܲܪ ܐܸܒܼܠܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܠܒܼܘܼܫ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܠܵܒܼܫܵܐ ܡܸܢܫܹܠܝ ܒܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܟܲܣܝܵܐ\nܘܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܟܲܠܬܼܵܐ ܩܵܝ̇ܡܵܐ ܒܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܲܠ ܀ :ܒܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܚܵܙܝܵܐ ܗܝ̤ ܠܵܗ̇ ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܣܬܲܒܼܥܵܐ ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܐܲܦܹ̈ܝܗ̇ ܠܥܲܝܢܲܝ̈ ܢܲܦܫܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܕܠܵܐ ܣܲܒܼܥܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܗܵܝ̇ ܚܲܕܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܚܵܕܹܐ ܒܵܗ̇\nܘܝܲܬܿܝܼܪ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܘܲܡܫܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܲܡܸܫܘ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܀ :ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܘܥܝܼܪܹ݁ܐ ܢܵܚܝܼܢ ܬܲܡ̇ܢ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܒܘܼܣܵܡܵܐ\nܘܗܸܢܘܿܢ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܝܢ ܝܵܪ̈ܬܹ̇ܐ ܕܛܘܼܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܢܵܝܚܝܼܢ ܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܸܫܡܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܲܝܠܵܦ ܟܠܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܩܝܼܢ ܒܪܲܗܛܵܐ ܐ̄ܡܝܼܢܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܚܠܵܦ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܢܵܚܝܼܢ ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ ܕܪܸ̈ܥܝܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܪܵܓܿܝܼܢ ܪܸܓܿܬܼܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܫܹܐܕܹ̈ܐ ܀","english":"He rejoices and takes counsel with the will that set the crown for him, and he becomes one who dwells in it by the will that gave him a dwelling. The whole dwelling receives from the Father a son who is of the same kind, and he becomes one who gives gifts to the good and rewards to the evil. On the day of his revelation he shows the power of his primacy, and he subdues all and renews all by the force of his authority. For that renewal which is to be in his hands, creation waits, and it is troubled, not knowing when the time of its renewal will be. In the manner of birth pangs, pains strike its sensibility, until it gives birth to the children of life who are immortal. Like a mother who has lost the burden of mortality, that same day relieves her sorrow and removes her mourning. It puts on a new garment, clothed from the hidden sign, and like a bride stands in glory that is indestructible. In great glory she sees how splendid she is, and the sight of her face is not satiated for her own eyes. For that joy is without satiety for those who rejoice in her, and especially for men and angels who served well. Men and watchers dwell and take pleasure in that delight, and they become heirs of blessings without end. Watchers laugh from the service that ceases all, and they are not wearied by the continuous running of the change of times. They rest from the disturbances of their thoughts because of change, and no longer does the troubled desire return in the manner of demons.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܬܵܓܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac word tāgā (crown) is a standard image for kingship or victory in Narsai’s eschatology, often linked to Christ’s authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܪܵܐ ܒܲܪ ܓܸܢܣܲܢ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase “a son who is of the same kind” echoes the Nicene language of homoousios, though Narsai uses the Syriac bar gensā (son of the same kind) to affirm consubstantiality.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The description of creation as a bride in indestructible glory draws on Syriac bridal imagery for the Church and the resurrected world, common in Narsai’s liturgical homilies.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܘܲܡܫܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The pairing of men and angels (ʾnāšā w-mšayyāṭē) as heirs of eternal blessings parallels Narsai’s homilies on the resurrection, where both share in the renewed creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܚܸܒܼܠܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The simile of birth pangs (b-dmūt ḥeblē) introduces a sustained metaphor of creation in labor, which structures the passage’s movement from pain to renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܠܵܐ ܣܲܒܼܥܘܼܬܼܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase “without satiety” (d-lā sabbʿūtā) may be ambiguous: it could mean insatiable joy or an endless quality; the context favors the latter, but the Syriac allows both readings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the “son who is of the same kind” could be read as Christ or as a generic redeemed figure; the context of renewal and authority suggests Christ.","The phrase “without satiety” (d-lā sabbʿūtā) is ambiguous between describing joy as endless or as insatiable; the surrounding imagery of fulfillment supports the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":":ܒܵܛܹ̇ܠ ܪܲܗܛܵܐ ܕܡܸܨܛܲܠܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܓܼܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ\nܘܫܵܠ̇ܡܝܼܢ ܟܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܚܲܕܼ ܨܼܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܬܲܩܸܢ ܐܸܘܿܢ ܀ :ܫܵܠܹ̇ܝܢ ܫܹܐܕܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܦܲܩܪܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܓܼܘܼܕܵܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ\nܘܲܚܠܵܦ ܨܲܥܪܵܐ ܦܲܪܥܝܼܢ ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܨܵܒܹ̇ܝܢ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܣܵܕܼܪܝܼܢ ܩܹܐܪܣܵܐ ܕܒܸܙܚܵܐ ܠܘܼܩܒܲܠ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܥܠܹܝܢ ܠܲܡܨܲܚܵܝܘܼ ܠܫܸܡ ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܠܟܼܠ ܥܲܡ ܟܠܵܐ\nܠܲܡܫܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܘܠܲܐܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܠܛܵܒܹ̈ܐ ܘܒܼܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܛܵܒܹ̈ܐ ܘܒܼܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܩܵܢܹ̇ܝܢ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܦܲܟܲܗ\nܘܟܲܕܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܦܪܝܼܫܝܼܢ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܣܘܼܥܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܒܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܫܵܠ̇ܡܝܼܢ ܀ :ܒܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ ܫܵܠ̇ܡܝܼܢ ܠܲܚܕܼܵܐ ܥܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܘܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܠܲܡܙܲܕܵܩܘܼ ܚܕܼܵܐ ܬܸܫܒܿܘܿܚܬܵܐ ܠܚܲܕܼ ܒܵܪܘܿܚܵܐ ܀ :ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܩܵܥܹ̇ܝܢ ܛܵܒܹ̇ܐ ܘܒܼܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܟܲܪ ܕܐܝܼܬܲܝܗܘܿܢ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܠܩܵܠ ܬܸܫܒܿܘܿܚܬܵܐ ܕܲܡܫܲܒܿܚܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܗܸܪܓܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܝܼܢܝܼܢ ܒܹܗ ܐܲܡܝܼܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ\nܘܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܕܠܵܐ ܩܘܼܛܵܥܵܐ ܘܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܀ :ܒܸܠܵܥܵܕܼ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܬܲܡ̇ܢ ܟܠܡܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܨܸܐ ܦܘܼܡ̇ܐ ܟܡܵܐ ܕܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܐܵܡܲܪ ܕܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܡܲܨܝܵܐ ܕܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܘܼܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܬܸܬܼܢܸܐ ܒܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ\nܥܲܠ ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܡܸܫܟܲܚ ܠܸܫܵܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܿܠܵܢܵܐ\nܕܲܢܨܘܼܪ ܛܘܼܦܣܵܐ ܕܗܵܝ̇ ܦܲܐܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܬܿ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܸܚܡܵܐ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܠܹܗ ܦܸܚܡܵܐ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ ܒܗܵܢ ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܲܚܘܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܡܚܵܘܝܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܚܲܬܿܝܼܬܼܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܀","english":"The course of the contending ones ceases from their contests, and all of them submit to a single will that sets peace. The demons rest from the frenzy of their blasphemies, and instead of clamor they offer praise, though unwillingly. No longer do they set a table of mockery against man, nor do they stir themselves up to mock the name of the essence. A single will of love becomes for all, with the heavenly and the earthly, the good and the evil. The good and the evil cry out a love that is not to be shaken, and when the good are distinguished by their deeds, they submit in love. In a perfect love, the watchers and man submit to one another, to justify a single praise to a single creator. The good and the evil cry out praise, for they exist, and there is no end to the voice of praise of those who praise. Praise is the thought of the eternal ones, who are eternal in it, and eternity is that which has no cessation and no toil. Without toil, everything that exists is there, and the mouth cannot, as it is mortal, say how it is. How can mortal speech depict in words the conduct of that state which is not mortal? How can a corruptible tongue of flesh form a pattern of that beauty which has no likeness? There is no likeness to that conduct in this conduct, nor any demonstration that shows it clearly.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܨܒܝܢܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܨܒܝܢܐ (ṣebyānā) denotes 'will' as a faculty of volition, often with theological weight in Narsai's cosmology as the unifying principle of the new creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܫܘܒܚܐ","severity":"info","text":"The motif of demons offering praise (ܫܘܒܚܐ) unwillingly echoes the eschatological submission of hostile powers in early Syriac exegesis of Isaiah 45:8 and Revelation 20:13.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܩܐܪܣܐ ܕܒܝܙܚܐ","severity":"info","text":"The 'table of mockery' (ܩܐܪܣܐ ܕܒܝܙܚܐ) likely alludes to the practice of setting a table for demonic or idolatrous feasts, a common trope in Syriac anti-pagan polemic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a chiastic unit: the cessation of conflict (lines 1–3) mirrors the ineffable harmony of the new creation (lines 10–12), with the central pivot on the single will of love (line 5).","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܘܒܪܐ","severity":"info","text":"The description of the state (ܕܘܒܪܐ) as beyond mortal speech parallels Narsai's homily On the Resurrection (ed. McLeod), where the eschatological condition is similarly apophatic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐܡܝܥܘܬܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The term ܐܡܝܥܘܬܐ (ʾamīʿūṯā) is ambiguous: it can mean 'eternity' or 'perpetuity'; the context of 'no cessation and no toil' supports the former, but a temporal reading is possible.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'the good and the evil cry out a love' (line 6) may be read as both groups jointly proclaiming love, or as the good crying out love to the evil; the Syriac syntax allows either.","The identity of 'the watchers' (ܥܝܪܐ) is ambiguous: they could be angelic beings (as in Daniel 4) or a class of ascetics; the context of eschatological harmony favors the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":":ܠܹܗܘ̣ ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕܼ ܕܵܡܹ̇ܐ ܕܘܼܡܝܵܐ ܕܚܲܬܿܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܨܸܐ ܕܢܼܬܼܢܸܐ ܥܲܠ ܦܲܬܝܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܪܲܒܿܘܼܬܼ ܫܘܼܒܼܚܹܗ ܀ :ܫܘܼܒܼܚܹܗ ܓܲܪܓܲܢܝ ܕܐܸܬܼܢܸܐ ܒܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܒܫܼܝܼܚܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇\nܕܲܟܼܡܸܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ ܘܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܡܫܲܒܿܚܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܫܵܘܹ̇ܝܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܠܲܡܫܲܒܿܚܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܚܙܹ̇ܝܬܼ ܕܲܥܬܼܝܼܕܼܝܼܢ ܠܡܸܫܬܲܒܵܚܘ\nܘܐܲܚܝ̣ܕܲܢܝ ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܒܪܲܒܿܘܼܬܼ ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܡܲܠܲܠ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܡܲܠܠܵܐ ܗܵܝ̇ ܬܸܫܒܿܘܿܚܬܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܗܵܘ̇ ܝܵܘܡ̇ܐ\nܕܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܬܼܵܐ ܚܠܵܦ ܗܵܝ̇ ܕܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܬܼܵܐ ܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܬܲܡ̇ܢ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܩܵܐܹ̇ܡ ܚܠܵܦ ܩܲܕܼܡ̇ܝܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܗܵܘ̇ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ\nܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܕܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܗܘܵܝܵܐ ܕܲܫܒܼܝܼܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܲܕܼܡ̇ܝܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ܝܘ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܩܵܢܹ̇ܐ ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ\nܘܲܟܼܝܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܡܩܵܘܹܝܢ ܒܲܚܕܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܓܸܢܣܵܐ ܕܦܲܓܼܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܝܵܪܹܬܼ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܗܘܿܢ ܩܵܢܹ̇ܝܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܘܢܲܦܫܵܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܢܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܼܢܲܚܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܘܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܲܠܘܵܐ ܙܵܡ̇ܪܝܼܢ ܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܠܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܟܠ ܀ :ܠܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܕܼ ܟܠ ܦܵܪܥ̇ܝܼܢ ܛܲܝܒܿܘܼ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܲܬܼܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܒܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܦܵܐܹ̇ܫ ܟܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܲܬܼ ܀ :ܟܠ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܬܼ ܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܘܒܸܿܕܼ ܟܝܵܢܹܗ ܩܲܕܼܡ̇ܐ\nܘܟܼܠ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܲܦ ܘܲܠܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܹܗ ܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܘܼܠܵܦܵܐ ܀ :ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܥܵܬܹ̇ܪܝܼܢ ܒܛܘܼܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܪܵܡܝܼܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܲܠܵܠܹ̈ܐ\nܘܐܵܦ ܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܢܵܝ̇ܚܝܼܢ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܕܵܘܲܕܼ ܀","english":"only to him is it fitting that the silence of his perfection be compared, and he is able to extend over the breadth of the multitude of his glory. His glory, which is hidden, came in words that clothe its simplicity. How glorious and how praiseworthy is the one who finds it! I have seen the praisers who are destined to be praised, and they hold wonder at the multitude of glory that is ineffable. Ineffable is that praise in which the day is, as if a new creation were to come into being in place of the one that exists. It is not that a new creation would be a perfect creation, nor would anything else stand in place of the first. That which was at the beginning from nothing is the being that will be, glorious from the first. It is the nature of spiritual ones that stands in glory, and naturally endures in a state without change. It is the class of bodily ones that inherits life, and in their nature they stand in undying life. For body and soul, the seal of the sealed ones is relaxed, and the restless ones sing glory to renew all. To renew all, the renewed graces repay, so that nothing remains from all that is not renewed. Everything is renewed while not losing its former nature, and everything is changed, and to its change there is no end. The eloquent ones grow rich in blessings that are higher than words, and even the silent ones rest in a order that cannot be disturbed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage contrasts the ineffable glory of the new creation with the present order, emphasizing continuity of nature amid renewal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܫܘܼܒܼܚܹܗ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܫܘܼܒܼܚܹܗ (šubḥeh) means 'his glory' and is central to the passage, describing the divine attribute that is both hidden and expressed in words.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܬܼܵܐ (bərīṯā ʾaḥrēṯā) means 'new creation' and is a key eschatological concept in Narsai, denoting the transformed state of existence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai (d. ca. 500) was a prominent theologian of the Church of the East, known for his liturgical poetry and emphasis on the renewal of creation in the eschaton.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from the ineffability of divine glory to a series of paradoxes: the new creation is not a replacement but a renewal that preserves original nature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac phrase ܕܲܟܼܡܸܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ (dakmē šabīḥā) is ambiguous: it could mean 'how glorious' or 'how many glories,' affecting the interpretation of the following clause.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ܕܲܟܼܡܸܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ may be read as exclamatory ('how glorious') or quantitative ('how many glories'). The translation takes the exclamatory sense.","The relationship between the 'new creation' and the present one is deliberately paradoxical: it is not a replacement but a renewal that retains original nature."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":":ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܡܩܵܘܹܝܢ ܒܹܗ ܒܲܥܥܝܵܕܼܵܐ ܕܐܸܬܿܬܲܩܲܢܘ ܒܹܗ\nܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܙܲܝ̇ܥܝܼܢ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܬܿܙܝܼܥܝܼܢ ܥܲܡܘܼܕܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܘܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܒܵܛܹ̇ܠ ܪܲܗܛܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܝܼܢܝܼܢ ܒܹܗ\nܠܵܘ ܟܲܕܼ ܒܵܛ̇ܠܝܼܢ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܢܵܚ̇ܝܼܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܪ̈ܲܗܛܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܡ̣ܢ ܪ̈ܲܗܛܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܢܵܚ̇ܝܼܢ ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܒܘܼܝܵܢܵܐ\nܘܗܵܦܟܿܝܼܢ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܝܢ ܗܵܘ̇ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܀ :ܠܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܗܵܦܟܵܐ ܟܢܝܼܫܘܼܬܼ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܐܸܣܦܹܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ\nܘܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܡܩܵܘܸܐ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܟܹܝܬܼ ܐܵܒܹ̇ܕ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܚܲܕܼ ܨܸܡܚܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܒܲܨܲܪ ܡ̣ܢ ܦܲܐܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܢܲܗܝܼܪܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܕܡ̇ܘܒܸܿܕܼ ܡܸܕܼܵܡ ܕܐܝܼܬܼ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܗ\nܘܠܵܐ ܕܲܡܩܵܘܸܐ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ܀ :ܗܵܘ̇ ܫܘܼܠܵܦܵܐ ܥܵܨܹ̇ܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܠܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܵܦܘܼ\nܘܡ̇ܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܲܚܠܲܦ ܩܵܘܝܼ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܲܦ ܀ :ܫܵܠܹ̇ܐ ܡܲܫܒܼܵܐ ܕܙܵܘܥܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܐܵܐܲܪ ܩܲܠܝܼܠ ܪܲܗܛܵܐ\nܒܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܚܵܫ̇ܚܵܐ ܚܫܲܚܬܼܵܐ ܕܡܲܫܒܹܗ ܠܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܕܒܲܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ ܥܵܐܹ̇ܠ ܢܵܐܲܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܘ̈ܗܝ\nܘܠܵܐ ܫܵܚܹ̇ܩ ܠܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܕܲܢܙܝܼܥܘܼܢܵܝܗܝ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܒܲܥܝܵܐ ܠܒܼܝܼܕܼܘܼܬܼ ܓܘܼܫܡܵܐ ܕܩܲܛܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܠܵܐ ܕܲܢܩܲܒܸܿܠ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܪ̈ܦܲܝܵܐ ܘܢܸܪܘܿܣ ܒܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܀ :ܐܵܦ ܗܘ̤ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܡܲܝܵ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܦܲܝܵܐ ܡܸܫܠܵܐ ܫܵܠܹ̇ܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܒܲܥܪܲܪ ܒܲܥܪܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܒܼܩܲܕܼܡ̇ܐ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܫܵܚܹ̇ܩ ܠܹܗ ܡܲܫܒܼܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܘܼܚܹܐ ܠܓܼܘܼܫܡܵܐ ܪܲܦܝܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܗܘ̤ ܪܲܦܝܵܐ ܪܵܕܹܐ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܐܲܫܝܼܕܼܘܼܬܹܗ ܀","english":"The heavens are established in him, in the festival that was ordained in him, while they do not tremble nor are they shaken, with their pillars. The sun and the moon cease the course of their running in him, not as though they cease, but they rest from their courses. From their courses the silent ones rest, without weariness, and they become that light which was in the beginning. The darkness of their spheres turns into light, and in his festival the light of no end is established. Nothing perishes from the lights, nor any growth, nor is anything diminished from the beauty of his light. There is nothing in his festival that destroys anything that is in his festival, nor does that which is without change abide in that which is. That change is difficult for all to be changed, and when it is changed, it abides in an order that is not changed. The air ceases the motion of its slight running, without the suitable need that moves it for the earthly ones. As if in a moment, a breath enters from its changes, and it does not trouble the spiritual ones in their movements. The solidity of its firmness is not sought for the body, nor does it receive loose waters and moisture in the earth. Even the nature of loose waters ceases its flow, and it is not stirred turbulently as before. The motion of the winds does not trouble the loose body, nor does the loose one flow in the order of its outpouring.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage describes the transformation of the cosmos in the eschatological festival: celestial bodies cease their motion, darkness turns to light, and natural elements (air, water, wind) are stilled or altered, reflecting a state of unchanging order.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܒܲܥܝܵܕܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܒܲܥܝܵܕܼܵܐ (baʿyādā) means 'festival' or 'feast,' here referring to the eschatological celebration of the new creation, a key concept in Narsai's liturgical theology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܗܵܘ̇ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'that light which was in the beginning' echoes Genesis 1:3 ('Let there be light') and may allude to the primordial light of creation, now restored in the new creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai (5th century) was a prominent theologian of the Church of the East, known for his metrical homilies (memre) on eschatological and liturgical themes. This passage reflects his typological exegesis, linking the festival to the renewal of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The cessation of celestial motion and the transformation of elements parallel themes in Syriac apocalyptic literature, such as the 'Hymn of the Pearl' and Ephrem's hymns on paradise, where the eschaton brings stillness and light.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac text contains several ambiguous or corrupt readings (e.g., ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ may be mispointed; ܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܙܲܝ̇ܥܝܼܢ could be emended). The English draft smooths over these difficulties; the Syriac may allow alternative interpretations of the cosmic transformation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The precise referent of 'the festival' (ܒܲܥܝܵܕܼܵܐ) is ambiguous: it may denote a specific liturgical feast or the eschatological celebration itself.","The phrase 'the silent ones' (ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ) could refer to celestial bodies or spiritual beings; the text does not specify.","The reading of ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ (light) in line 4 is uncertain due to possible scribal error; some manuscripts may read ܢܲܗܝܼܪܘܼܬܼ (brightness)."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":":ܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܩܝܼܢ ܟܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܫܚܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܒܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ\nܒܲܕܼ ܠܲܝܬܿ ܕܲܣܢܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟܼܣܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟܼܣܹ̈ܐ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܢܵܝܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܕܲܡܫܲܡܸܫ ܘܠܵܐ ܕܡܸܫܬܲܡܲܫ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܲܪ ܙܵܘܓܸܿܗ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܢܵܛ̇ܲܪ ܟܠܵܐ ܒܸܠܥܵܕܼ ܟܠܵܐ\nܘܲܒܼܚܹܝܠ ܚܲܝܠܹܗ ܬܠܹܝܢ ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܹܐ ܘܲܫܡܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܒܚܲܝܠܹܗ ܡܚܲܝܸܠ ܠܲܡܠܲܝܼܠܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܬܸܫܬܿܚܠܲܦ\nܘܲܠܚܲܪܫܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܬܸܛܲܪ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܘܫܸܬܼܩܵܐ ܀ :ܒܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܘܫܸܬܼܩܵܐ ܡܩܵܘܹܝܢ ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܬܲܒܼܥܝܼܢ ܠܲܡܝܲܩܵܪܘܼ ܠܩܲܢܝܲܝ̈ ܡܸܠܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܩܲܢܝܲܝ̈ ܡܸܠܬܼܵܐ ܩܵܢܹ̇ܝܢ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܣܘܼܢܩܵܢܵܐ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܣܘܼܢܩܵܢܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܣܘܼܢܩܵܢܵܐ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܫܲܬܼܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܡ̇ܢܵܐ ܚܵܫܲܚ̇ ܕܸܢܚܹܗ ܕܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ\nܘܡ̇ܢܵܐ ܡܵܘܬܲܪ ܪܲܗܛܹܗ ܕܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܀ :ܡ̇ܢ ܗܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܨܸܡܚܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܕܟܼܵܟܿܒܲܝ̈ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ\nܠܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܡܲܫܒܼܵܐ ܕܙܵܘܥܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܐܵܐܲܪ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܣܵܘܩܵܐ\nܘܥܲܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܩܘܼܪܵܐ ܘܚܲܡܝܼܡܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܚܲܫܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܡܲܚܬܼܵܐ ܕܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܘܛܲܠܵܐ ܠܠܵܐ ܚܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ\nܘܥܲܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܐܵܘ ܥܸܕܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܡܵܢ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܹ̈ܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܘܣܲܬܼܘܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦ\nܐܵܘ ܡܼܢܝܵܐ ܕܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܘܝܵܘܡܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܀ :ܠܡܵܢ ܡ̇ܘܥܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܙܲܪ̈ܥܹܐ ܘܦܹܐܪܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܐܘܼܟܼܠܵܐ\nܘܥܲܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܪ̈ܲܚܫܵܐ ܐܵܦ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬܼܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܕܘܼܪܵܫ ܀","english":"they are weary. The deep elements are not changed in their changes, for there is no one who ascends over the change of the elements. There are no elements in that spiritual order, and neither that which serves nor that which is served from its pair. It is one power that holds all without all, and by the power of his power are suspended earths and heavens. By his power he strengthens the speechlessness that is not changed, and the silence that keeps the order of stillness and quiet. In stillness and quiet the silent ones are established in their places, and they are not pursued for the honor of the speakers of the word. The speakers of the word stand by the power that has no end, and there is no end over the end of the silent ones. When the light of the sun is hidden from the place without labor, and when the course of the moon is abundant for the place without sacrifice. When the rising of the stars of light is hidden from their risings, for a place that has no ascent over the light of the lights. For what purpose the movement of the air for the place without ascent, and over what the cold and heat for the place without passions. For what purpose the descent of rain and dew for the place without lacks, and over what sacrifices or festivals for the place without sacrifices. For what the changes of summer and winter for the place without change, or the counting of months and days for the place without end. For what the sowing of seeds and fruits for the place without food, and over what the reptiles and also the animals for the place without conflict.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟܼܣܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac ܐܸܣܛܘܼܟܼܣܹ̈ܐ (from Greek στοιχεῖα) denotes the four classical elements (earth, air, fire, water). Narsai denies their presence in the spiritual order, aligning with a tradition of eschatological dematerialization.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage describes a transformed cosmos where the elements cease their ordinary cycles (sun, moon, stars, seasons) and are replaced by a single, unchanging power that sustains all without material mediation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܘܫܸܬܼܩܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The pairing of 'stillness and quiet' (ܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܘܫܸܬܼܩܵܐ) echoes the eschatological silence of the Syriac tradition, possibly alluding to the 'great silence' of the resurrection in Ephrem's Hymns on Paradise (cf. HdP 11.5).","cites":[],"named_sources":["Ephrem the Syrian"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured as a series of rhetorical questions (beginning with ܠܡܵܢܵܐ, 'for what purpose') that contrast the functions of the natural world with the absence of such functions in the spiritual realm, building a cumulative negation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's description of a 'spiritual order' (ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܢܵܝܵܐ) without elements, service, or change reflects the eschatological cosmology of the School of Nisibis, where the resurrected state is one of pure, undifferentiated power.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܲܣܢܝܼܩ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ܕܲܣܢܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ('who ascends over the change') is ambiguous: it may mean 'no one governs the change' or 'no one undergoes the change.' The English draft opts for the former, but the latter is possible in context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ܕܲܣܢܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ is ambiguous between 'governs the change' and 'undergoes the change'; the reading taken is 'governs' based on the parallel with the unchanging power.","The referent of 'its pair' (ܡ̣ܢ ܒܲܪ ܙܵܘܓܸܿܗ) is unclear: it may refer to the elements or to the spiritual order; the reading taken is that the spiritual order has no subject-object duality."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":":ܠܡܵܢ ܟܠ ܟܠܹܗ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܡܸܬܼܐܲܟܼܠܵܢܵܐ\nܠܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܣܡܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܝܠ̇ܐ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܡܹܐܟܼܘܼܠܬܵܐ ܀ :ܠܡܵܢ ܐܝܼܙ̈ ܓܲܕܹܿܐ ܘܡܸܫܬܲܕܿܪ̈ܢܹܐ ܕܨܹܝܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ\nܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܐܲܣܝܼܪ ܝܲܨܪܵܐ ܫܲܪܝܵܠ ܒܪܸܚܡܲܬܼ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܀ :ܐܲܣܝܼܪ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܪܸܚܡܲܬܼ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܐ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ ܠܡܸܫܬܲܠܵܦܘܼ ܨܹܝܕܼ ܕܲܠܩܘܼܒܼܠܵܐ ܀ :ܥܲܡܹܗ ܕܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܢܵܐܲܚ ܟܠܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܥܲܡܠܝܼ̈ܢ\nܘܒܹܗ ܒܲܢܝܵܝܵܐ ܢܛܝܼܪ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܠܵܐ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܫ ܢܹܐܡܲܪ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܡ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ\nܕܗܵܐ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܐ ܡܩܵܘܸܐ ܘܲܢܛܝܼܪ ܀ :ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܢܲܗܝܼܪܘܼܬܹܗ ܡܩܵܘܸܐ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ\nܠܵܘ ܒܐܸܣܪܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܐܸܬܿܬܲܩܢ ܒܹܗ ܀ :ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܩܲܛܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܡܩܵܘܸܐ ܐܸܐܲܪ\nܠܵܘ ܟܲܕܼ ܢܵܫܹ̇ܒܼ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ ܀ :ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܚܸܫܘܿܟܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܢܛܝܼܪ ܚܸܫܘܿܟܼܵܐ\nܠܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܗܵܢ ܦܘܼܪܫܵܢܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܲܐ̄ܪܹܝܢ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܦܘܼܪܫܵܢܵܐ ܒܹܝܬܼ ܢܲܗܝܼܪܵܐ ܘܲܠܚܸܫܘܿܟܼܵܐ\nܒܲܕܼܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܕܦܵܪܹܫ ܠܸܠܝܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ ܒܲܕܼ ܠܲܝܬܿ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܠܲܟܼܠܵܐ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܠܸܠܝܵܐ ܒܲܕܼ ܠܲܝܬܿ ܫܸܢܬܼܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܸܢܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܸܠܥܵܕܼ ܫܸܢܬܼܵܐ ܘܥܲܡܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܫܹ̈ܐ ܚܵܝܹ̇ܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܡ̇ܕܹܝܢ ܠܵܐ ܣܡܝܼܩ ܥܲܠ ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ ܕܠܹܠܲܚ ܐܝܼܡܵܩ ܀ :ܠܣܘܿܢܩܵܢ ܚܲܝܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܗ̤ܘܲܝ̈ ܘܐܸܬܿܬܲܩܲܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܕܲܗ̤ܘܲܝ̈\nܘܲܒܼܒܼܘܼܣܵܡܹܗ ܢܵܐܹ̇ܚ ܪܲܗܛܵܐ ܕܲܡܫܲܡܫܵܢܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܀","english":"Why is everything that is edible consumed for naught, to a place that has no need of the power of food? Why are the fortunes and the dispensations that hunt man, where the bound creation is loosed by the mercy of love? Man is bound by the mercy of love in that order, and there is no power to change against the opposite. With man, all toil from every labor ceases, and in that creation everything is preserved without destruction. Man cannot say that he perishes from all that was, for behold, everything in that creation endures and is preserved. In that creation, the light of his brightness endures, not by force but by the order established in it. In that creation, the air of his coldness endures, not as he thinks but in a stillness without change. In that creation, the darkness of his darkness is preserved, not in the order of this distinction but in another. There is no distinction between light and darkness, because there is no sun that separates night from day. And there is no day because there is no toil for the laborer, and no night because there is no rest for the weary. Apart from rest and labors and pains, man lives, for he has no need of the conduct of the world below. The ends of his life are these that were, and in his delight the course of his servitors runs.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ܠܡܵܢ ܟܠ ܟܠܹܗ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܡܸܬܼܐܲܟܼܠܵܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical question 'Why is everything that is edible consumed for naught?' contrasts the material world's futility with the self-sufficiency of the new creation, where food is unnecessary.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܪܸܚܡܲܬܼ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'mercy of love' (rḥmat ḥubbā) combines two key Syriac theological terms: raḥmē (mercy, compassion) and ḥubbā (love, often divine or spiritual). It denotes the binding force of divine affection in the new order.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܠܵܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܫ ܢܹܐܡܲܪ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܡ","severity":"info","text":"The denial of perishing ('Man cannot say that he perishes') echoes 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 on the resurrection body's incorruptibility, a common theme in Narsai's eschatology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ṭaksā ('order') is central to Syriac liturgical and cosmological thought, denoting a divinely established hierarchy. Here it contrasts the new creation's stable order with the mutable elements of the present world.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase 'In that creation' (beh bakyānā) introduces a series of parallel clauses (lines 6-10) that systematically describe the enduring qualities of the new creation: brightness, coldness, darkness, and the absence of temporal distinctions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܠܣܘܿܥܩܵܥ ܚܲܝܵܘ̈ܗܝ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'The ends of his life' (lsō‘qā‘ ḥayyaw(hy)) is ambiguous: it may refer to the telos or purpose of human existence in the new creation, or to the cessation of earthly life. The translation opts for the former, but the Syriac allows both readings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'lsō‘qā‘ ḥayyaw(hy)' could mean either 'the ends of his life' (purpose) or 'the cessation of his life' (death). The translation takes it as purpose, but the context of the new creation's timelessness supports both.","The identity of 'the servitors' (mšamšānaw(hy)) in the final line is unclear: they may be angels, cosmic forces, or spiritual faculties within the blessed."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":":ܢܵܚ̇ܝܵܐ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܘܣܲܬܼܘܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܩܵܐ ܠܡܸܬܲܠ ܦܹܐܪܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܕܼܦܵܠ̇ܲܚ ܠܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܡܩܵܘܝܵܐ ܒܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܬܼ ܒܹܗ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܬܼ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܪܝܵܐ ܐܵܘ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܿܠܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܪܘܼܟܵܒܼܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܒܹܗ ܒܪܘܼܟܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܐܸܬܼܪܲܟܿܒܲܬ̤ ܒܹܗ ܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇\nܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܢܲܛܪܵܐ ܗܝ̤ ܘܲܟܼܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܡܟܲܝܢܝܼܢ ܒܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܥܲܡܵܗ̇ ܢܵܚ̇ܝܼܢ ܟܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܐܲܝܵ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܲܐܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܘܥܲܡܵܗ̇ ܢܵܛ̇ܪܝܼܢ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦ ܀ :ܥܲܡܵܗ̇ ܫܵܠܹ̇ܝܢ ܙܲܪ̈ܥܹܐ ܫܚܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܘܥܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܒܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܚܵܫ̇ܲܚ ܐܘܼܟܼܠܵܐ ܕܡܸܢܗܘܿܢ ܠܐܵܟܼܘܿܠܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܀ :ܒܵܗ̇ ܡܸܫܬܲܬܿܩܵܐ ܐܵܦ ܡ̇ܘܥܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܟܼܠ ܐܝܼܠܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܝܵܥܹ̇ܝܢ ܐܵܘ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܩܝܼܢ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܬܲܪܒܿܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܵܗ̇ ܡܸܬܿܛܲܫܸܐ ܟܝܵܢܐ ܕܢܘܼܪܵܐ ܟܠ ܟܲܪ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ\nܘܟܲܕܼ ܡܸܬܼܒܲܛܠܵܐ ܚܫܲܚܬܼܵܐ ܕܡܸܢܹܗ ܗܘ̤ ܠܵܐ ܒܵܛܹܿܠ ܀ ܥܐܹܝܗ̇ ܡܸܬܼܐܲܫܕܲܝܼܢ ܡܲܝܵ̈ܐ ܫܪ̈ܲܝܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܐܝܼܬܲܝܗܘܿܢ:\nܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܪܵܕܹܝܢ ܐܵܘ ܡܸܬܿܬܿܙܝܼܥܝܼܢ ܒܡܲܫܒܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܐܵܐܲܪ ܀ :ܒܵܗ̇ ܡܸܬܿܬܿܛܲܡܹܝܢ ܙܢܲܝܵ̈ܐ ܕܐܵܕܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܪܵܕܹܝܢ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇\n:ܘܗܵܘܹ̇ܝܢ ܒܫܸܠܝܵܐ ܘܫܸܬܼܩܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܘܼܫܵܚܵܐ\n:ܠܵܗ̇ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܗܵܦܹ̇ܟ ܟܠ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܡܸܢܵܗ̇\nܕܲܗܒܼܵܐ ܘܡܸܕܼܪܵܐ ܫܒܼܝܼܚܵܐ ܘܫܝܼܛܵܐ ܒܵܗ̇ ܡܸܬܿܛܲܡܪܝܼܢ ܀ :ܒܵܗ̇ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ ܘܲܥܠܹܝܝܗ̇ ܟܠܵܐ ܘܗ̤ܝ ܥܲܡ ܟܠܵܐ\nܘܒܲܢܛܝܼܪܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇ ܢܛܝܼܪ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܠܵܐ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܀ :ܒܵܗ̇ ܟܠ ܕܲܡܟܼܵܢ ܠܲܡܗܲܠܵܟܼܘܼ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܨܵܗ̇\nܪ̈ܲܚܫܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܘ̄ܬܼܵܐ ܘܐܵܦ ܦܵܪܲܚܬܼܵܐ ܩܲܢܝܲܬܼ ܓܸܦܵܐ ܀","english":"The land is freed from the toil of summer and winter, and it is not compelled to produce fruits for those who till it. It abides in that order which was in it at the beginning of creation, and it is not dissolved or corrupted from its constitution. In that constitution with which it was constituted when it was not, it is preserved and the natures that are established in it. With it the natures live, freed from non-existence, and with it they keep the order of rest without change. With it the worn-out seeds rest from germination, so that they have no need of food to be made for their eaters. In it even the germination of all plants ceases, and they no longer grow or become worn out by cultivation. In it the nature of every kind of flower that exists is hidden, and when the need of it is abolished, it itself is not abolished. In it the flowing waters are poured out as they are, while they do not flow or are stirred by the winds of the air. In it the movements of the senses that flow from it are stilled, and they are in rest and silence without disturbance. To it every sound that came from it returns. Gold and precious stone and pearl are buried in it. In it everything enters it and it is with everything, and by its abundance everything is preserved without destruction. In it everything that moves to walk above its surface, beasts and animals and even the flying creature of swift wing.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The land is freed from seasonal toil and no longer yields fruit for cultivators, describing a postlapsarian or eschatological state of rest.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ (ṭaksā) means 'order' or 'arrangement', here referring to the primordial order of creation that persists unchanged.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܪܘܼܟܵܒܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܪܘܼܟܵܒܼܵܐ (rūkābā) means 'constitution' or 'composition', describing the inherent structure of the land that remains undissolved.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's description of a land freed from seasonal labor and decay reflects Syriac exegetical traditions on the Garden of Eden or the eschatological renewal of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues a series of rhetorical questions and declarative statements contrasting the current world with a restored state, building toward a vision of cosmic renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The final sentence is incomplete in the English draft, breaking off after 'flying creature of swift wing'; the Syriac continues with further description of animals and birds.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The precise eschatological or protological setting is not specified; the passage could describe either the primordial state before the Fall or the restored state at the end of time."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":":ܒܵܗ̇ ܡܸܬܼܒܲܛܠܝܼܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܟܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ\nܠܵܘ ܟܲܕܼ ܛܵܠ̇ܩܝܼܢ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܫܵܠܹ̇ܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܘܼܒܵܠܵܐ ܀ :ܡܸܫܠܵܐ ܫܠܹ̇ܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܘܼܒܵܠܵܐ ܓܸܢܣܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ\nܘܗܵܕܹܐ ܕܢܵܘܚܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܕܲܡܢܝܼܚ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܘܠܵܘ ܕܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܒܡܸܕܹܿܡ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܘܠܵܐ ܟܠ ܟܠܹܗ\nܕܗܵܐ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܗܵܦܹ̇ܟ ܘܒܼܵܗ̇ ܡܸܣܬܲܬܿܪ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܲܒܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܠܲܓܼܡܵܪ\nܐܸܠܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܚܲܕܼ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܠܝܼܠܵܐ ܘܚܲܕܼ ܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܵܐ ܀ :ܚܕܼܘܼ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕ ܟܠܹܗ ܒܟܼܠܹܗ ܒܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܘܢܲܦܫܵܐ\nܗܵܘ̇ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܡ̇ܐܢܵܐ ܠܐܵܟܹ̇ܠܩܲܪܨܵܐ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܛܵܠܹ̇ܩ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܸܬܼܡܲܟܼܪܸܐ ܠܚܵܝܑܬܼ ܡܝܼܬܹ̈ܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܠܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܀ :ܒܦܲܓܼܪܹܗ ܘܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܠܲܓܼܡܵܪ ܗܵܘ̇ ܐܲܒܿܝܼܕܼܵܐ\nܘܐܲܒܿܝܼܕܼܘܼܬܹܗ ܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܒܼܒܲܩܪܵܐ ܒܵܗ̇ ܒܐܲܒܿܝܼܪܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܬܼܵܗ̇ܪܵܐ ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ ܕܢܲܛܪܘܼܗ̇ ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܀ :ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܚܲܕܼ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܝܵܠ̇ܦܵܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܲܡܟܼܝܼܢܵܢܵܗ̇\nܕܬܲܩܢܵܗ̇ ܒܪ݁ܲܚܡܹܐ ܘܢܲܛܪܵܗ̇ ܒܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܘܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܗ̇ ܒܛܲܝܒܿܘܼ ܀ :ܒܝܲܕܼ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܹܗ ܚܵܙ̇ܝܵܐ ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܲܙܝܵܐ ܠܵܗ̇\nܢܲܦܫܵܐ ܚܲܝܬܼܵܐ ܕܡ̇ܘܦܹܝܢ ܚܲܝܹܝ̈ܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܙܢܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܒܼܵܠ ܩܵܢ̇ܝܵܐ ܢܲܦܫܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܒܲܗܘܵܝܵܐ\nܬܲܗܢܵܘ̇ ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܓܼܵܝܝ̇ܙܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܡܥܝܼܢ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܼܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܲܠ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܟܠ ܟܠܹܗ\nܘܡܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܡܲܗ ܒܐܲܝܕܵܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ܝܵܐ ܒܚܹܝܠ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܀","english":"In it the toil of the seasons ceases, the plowings are stilled, not that they are destroyed, but that they rest from their course. The plowings are stilled, the plowshares rest, and this is a rest that gives peace to the world, not a destruction. There is no destruction in anything that perishes, nor in all of it, for everything turns to the earth and is hidden in it. There is no complete destruction among the rational and the silent, but one rational nature and one silent nature. One that perishes entirely, in body and soul, is that human being who becomes food for the worm. One is lost from the life of rational lives, and he is buried in the grave of the dead, which becomes for the body. In his body and soul that lost one perishes completely, and his loss becomes a spectacle for the whole creation. The whole creation marvels at his ruin, and trembles with compassion, guarding itself from destruction by its compassion. By that one who perishes, it learns the power of its own weakness, to establish itself in compassion, to guard itself by its love, and to renew itself by grace. Through his destruction it sees a spectacle that the living soul, which draws its life from life, does not see. The weak, who cannot be harmed, the soul in its being, the wonder of the hidden one from the silence of the deep of its life. The nature of the spirit is not harmed, nor all of it, and how should it be astonished at the hand of that which becomes by the power of the Creator?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ (ḥarrāšē) means 'plowings' or 'plowshares,' here metaphorically denoting agricultural labor that ceases in the new creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ... ܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The pair ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ (rational) and ܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ (silent) distinguishes humans (rational beings) from animals (silent natures), a standard Syriac theological dichotomy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐܵܟܹ̇ܠܩܲܪܨܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ܐܵܟܹ̇ܠܩܲܪܨܵܐ (food for the worm) echoes biblical language of bodily decay (e.g., Ps 22:6; Job 21:32), emphasizing the fate of the sinful human.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ (spectacle) reflects a didactic theme in Narsai: the destruction of the wicked serves as a moral lesson for creation, a common motif in Syriac homiletics.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage contrasts the cessation of natural cycles (plowings, seasons) with the fate of rational beings, moving from cosmic renewal to individual moral consequence, a chiastic structure typical of Narsai's memre.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܓܼܵܝܝ̇ܙܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܓܼܵܝܝ̇ܙܵܐ (the wonder of the hidden one) is syntactically ambiguous; it may refer to the hidden divine power or to the soul's hidden aspect. The translation opts for the former.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'the wonder of the hidden one from the silence of the deep of its life' is ambiguous: 'hidden one' could be God or the soul's hidden nature; the translation takes it as divine.","The final rhetorical question 'how should it be astonished...' may be read as affirming the spirit's invulnerability or as a skeptical query; the translation assumes the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":":ܚܹܝܠ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܡ̇ܘܒܸܿܕܼ ܢܲܦܫܵܐ ܕܚܲܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ\nܕܢܹܐܠܦܘܼܢ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܒܝܼܫܵܐ ܒܝܼܫܘܼܬܼ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܀ ܒܝܼܫܘܼܬܼ ܒܝܼܫܬܹܿܗ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܡܲܠܦܵܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ:\nܕܐܸܠܘܼ ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ ܠܵܐ ܚܵܝ̣ܵܘ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܚܵܐܹ̇ܝܢ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܘ ܀ :ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܟܠ ܡܚܵܘܸܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܛܲܝܒܿܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܲܒܼܚܲܕܼ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܡܲܟܼܪܸܙ ܩܘܼܫܬܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܟܹܐ ܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܬܲܪܬܹܿܝܢ ܡܲܠܸܦ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܐܲܒܼܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܘܢܲܦܫܵܐ\nܕܛܵܒܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܘܟܹܐܢܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܨܹܝܕܼ ܡܲܠܵܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܨܿܝܕܼ ܫܲܬܿܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܝܵܠ̇ܦܝܼܢ ܐܲܟܲܚ̄ܕܼ ܥܲܠ ܬܲܪ̈ܬܲܝܗܹܝܢ\nܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܣܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܛܵܒܼܘܼܬܹܗ ܘܠܵܐ ܟܹܐܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܒܟܹܐܢܘܼ ܡܚܲܝܸܒܼ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܚܲܝܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܸܒܼ ܗܘ̤ ܠܹܗ\nܕܠܵܐ ܬܸܗܘܸܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܪܲܚܡܵܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܒܠܝܼܠܲܬܼ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܀ :ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܡܚܵܘܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܐܲܒܿܝܼܕܼܵܐ\nܠܵܘ ܕܲܢܚܵܘܸܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܢܵܘܕܵܥ ܕܫܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܕܡܹܐܒܲܕܼ ܀ :ܠܵܘ ܕܲܢܚܵܘܸܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܟܹܐܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܣܵܥܲ݁ܪ ܗܵܕܹܐ\nܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܢܸܒܼܗܲܕܼ ܣܵܢ̇ܠܵܐ ܕܣܵܒܲ݁ܪ ܕܒܹܗ ܚܵܣܹ̇ܢ ܟܠ ܀ :ܠܒܸܗܬܲܬܼ ܣܵܢܵܠܵܐ ܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܠܲܓܼܡܵܪ ܗܵܘ̇ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ\nܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܫܬܼܿܒܼܗܲܪ ܕܲܒܼܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܫܲܪܝܼ ܘܫܲܠܸܡ ܀ :ܒܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܐܲܛܥܝܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܕܲܗܘܵܝ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܲܒܼܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܓܵܡܲ݁ܪ ܛܘܼܥܝܲܝ ܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܓܵܡܲ݁ܪ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܓܲܡܪܵܐ ܪܸܓܲܬܼ ܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܕܡܲܪܝܼܪ ܢܲܦܫܵܐ\nܒܗܵܝ̇ ܕܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܠܹܗ ܢܵܘܣܵܐ ܕܒܼܵܥܹ̇ܐ ܕܢܸܣܬܲܬܲܪ ܒܹܗ ܀ :ܒܡܲܓܼܕܿܠܵܐ ܕܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܡܩܝܼܡ ܠܹܗ ܠܡܸܕܼܪܵܐ ܕܡܲܪܝܼܪܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܚܵܪܹܒܼ ܡܲܓܼܕܿܠܹܗ ܘܗܘ̤ ܡܸܬܼܦܲܟܲܪ ܒܚܲܒܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܕܢܘܼܪܵܐ ܀","english":"The power of the Creator is that which destroys the soul of a single human being who has learned the taste of how evil is evil in the taste of evil. The evil of that human being teaches all: that if they did not live in mercy, the taste of humanity would not exist. In the mercy that is over all, he shows the power of his goodness, and in the one who is lost, he proclaims the truth of his lamentation. The two teach through the destruction of body and soul that he is good and he is sorrowful, toward the speaking and the silent. The speaking and the deaf learn together concerning both: that his goodness is not diminished, nor his sorrow. In sorrow he condemns that guilty one who condemns himself, so that his compassion may not be at the time of the order. The great order shows all through the lost one, not that he may show, but that he may know that he is worthy of perishing. Not that the power of his sorrow may show, it accomplishes this, but that through it the ladder may ascend, which hopes that in it all may be saved. At the shame of the ladder, that human being perishes completely, who did not understand that in humanity he begins and ends. In the taste he errs from the beginning of the existence of taste, and in humanity he completes his error while not completing. The uncompleted desire of his soul of the bitter soul, in that he destroys himself, a refuge that he seeks in which to hide. In the tower of flesh he erects the dwelling of his bitterness, and his tower falls, and he himself is caught in the snares of the wall.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ (ṭaksā) here rendered 'order' carries the sense of divine economy or ordained arrangement, not merely sequence. Narsai contrasts this cosmic order with the individual's failure to align with it.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܪ̈ܲܚܡܹܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'if they did not live in mercy' echoes the Syriac tradition's emphasis on raḥmē (mercy) as a divine attribute, possibly alluding to the Beatitudes or the mercy of God in the Psalms, though no direct citation is marked.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's homilies often employ the image of a 'tower of flesh' (ܡܲܓܼܕܿܠܵܐ ܕܒܸܣܪܵܐ) to represent the body as a temporary, fragile structure, a theme common in Syriac ascetic literature.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a chiastic meditation on destruction and salvation: the 'lost one' teaches both goodness and sorrow, and the 'ladder' of shame paradoxically offers hope of salvation, mirroring the earlier contrast between rest and destruction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܣܵܢ̇ܠܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The term ܣܵܢ̇ܠܵܐ (sāʿlā) is ambiguous: it can mean 'ladder' (as in the English draft) or 'ascender'; the context of 'shame' and 'perishing' suggests a metaphorical ladder of moral ascent or descent, but the exact referent is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the lost one' (ܐܲܒܿܝܼܕܼܵܐ) is ambiguous: it may refer to a specific biblical figure (e.g., the prodigal son) or a generic human type. The 'ladder' (ܣܵܢ̇ܠܵܐ) could be a symbol of ascetic striving or a reference to Jacob's ladder, but the text does not specify."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":":ܒܢܘܼܪܵܐ ܢܵܦܹ̇ܠ ܕܚܲܡܝܼܡ ܪܸܬܼܚܵܗ̇ ܐܵܦ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܘܼܪܵܐ\nܘܲܒܼܚܸܫܘܿܟܼܵܐ ܕܥܵܠܹ̇ܒܼ ܚܸܫܟܹܿܗ ܠܲܕܼܚܸܫܘܿܟܼܝܼܢ ܀ :ܒܒܼܝܼܫܘܼܬܼ ܢܸܓܼܕܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܚܵܙ̇ܝܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ\nܕܟܲܕܼ ܠܵܐ ܚܵܐܹ̇ܫ ܣܒܼܝܼܣܝܼܢ ܚܲܫܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܘܲܥܦܝܼܦ ܢܸܓܼܕܲܗ ܀ :ܒܢܸܓܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܬܵܗ̇ܪܝܼܡܢ ܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܘܲܡܫܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܐܲܡܪܲܚ ܘܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܟܹܐܢܵܐ ܬܒܲܥܬܼܵܐ ܕܥܵܘ̣ܠܹܗ ܀ :ܥܵܘ̇ܠܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܣܥ̣ܵܐ ܕܢܸܛܘܿܦ ܠܹܗ ܫܡܵܐ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܵܐ\nܘܐܵܦ ܟܹܐܢܘܼܐܬܼܵܐ ܛܵܒܼ ܟܹܐܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܓܙ݂ܲܪܬܹܗ ܠܕܼܝܼܢܹܗ ܀ :ܟܹܐܝܢ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܘܟܹܐܝܢ ܒܘܼܚܪܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܓܼܙܵܪ ܕܝܼܢܹܗ\nܕܲܪܕܼܵܐ ܩܲܠܝܼܠ ܘܚܵܐܹ̇ܝܢ ܣܲܓܲܝܼ ܕܲܢܚܲܟܸܿܡ ܟܠ ܀ :ܒܟܹܐܢܘܼ ܥܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܕܲܪܕܼܵܐ ܠܒܼܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܵܛ̣ܘ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܘ̈ܗܝ\nܘܚܲܟܿܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܝܵܗܹ̇ܒܼ ܕܵܫܢܹ̈ܐ ܠܢܵܛܪ̈ܲܝ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܀ :ܚܲܟܿܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܡ̇ܘܒܸܿܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܠ ܚܲܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܪܲܚܡܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܡܲܚܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܚܲܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܐܵܬܼܵܐ ܝܵܗܹ̇ܒܼ ܠܲܡܠܝܼܠܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܘܲܠܚܲܪܫܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܕܢܸܚܙܘܿܢ ܕܲܡܨܸܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ ܐܲܝܟ ܡ̇ܪܹܐ ܟܠ ܀ :ܡ̇ܪܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܥܲܠ ܟܠ ܘܕܼܝܼܠܹܗ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܟܠ ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ\nܘܠܹܗܘ̣ ܙܵܕܹܩ ܫܸܡ ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܵܐ ܘܐܲܠܵܗܘܼܢܼܵܐ ܀ :ܦܠܸܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ\nܕܢܸܛܲܪ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܕܠܵܐ ܒܘܼܠܒܵܠܵܐ ܀ :ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܕܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܠܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܘܼܬܹܗ\nܕܲܒܼܚܘܼܕܵܬܹܗ ܢܨܘܼܪ ܐܲܚܘܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܒܲܣܝܼܡܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܒܒܲܣܝܼܡܘܼܬܹܗ ܡܚܵܘܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܒܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ\nܕܢܹܐܠܲܦ ܟܠܵܐ ܒܛܝܼܠܘܼܬܼ ܡ̇ܪܵܐ ܕܥܲܠ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܀","english":"the fire burns the heat of its own warmth even from the fire, and in the darkness of the one who overcomes, his darkness is for the darknesses. In his evil, his sinews see a new creation, that when it does not feel, its own sufferings are simple, and its sinew is bent. In his sinews, earthly and heavenly ones are astonished, how much he spoke and how much the pursuit of his injustice groaned. Unjustly he acted, that the heavy name might overflow for him, and also the groaning well, justly, his judgment cut off his own. The Creator groans and the judgment that cuts off his own, a small child lives and a multitude dies, that he might make all wise. In groaning, he makes a child for the evil ones who transgressed his commandments, and wisely he gives gifts to the keepers of his love. Wisely he destroys from all a single human being, and mercifully he brings all to life through his life. He gives a sign to speech and to silence, that they might see that the power of everything is able, like the Lord of all. The Lord is he who is over all, and his own is all, speakers and silent ones, and to him alone is the name of being and divinity fitting. He made the being of the creation from nothing, that he might preserve the order of his creatorhood without confusion. The order is great, which renews his creatorhood, that in his unity he might form the brotherhood of his goodness. In his goodness, he shows all in the renewal of all, that all might learn in the folly of the Lord who is over everything.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'new creation' (bərīṯā ḥaḏtā) is a key theological term in Narsai, denoting the eschatological renewal of the world through divine judgment and mercy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'from nothing' (men lā meddem) echoes the ex nihilo creation account in 2 Maccabees 7:28 and patristic theology, foundational for Narsai's cosmology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'order' (ṭaksā) reflects Syriac liturgical and cosmic ordering, central to Narsai's vision of divine governance and renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a narrative of judgment to a theological reflection on creation ex nihilo and the renewal of the cosmos, marking a structural climax.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܲܟܿܝܼܡܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܡ̇ܘܒܸܿܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠܠ ܚܲܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The paradox of the wise destruction of one to save all parallels Narsai's homily on the sacrifice of Isaac, where divine wisdom operates through apparent loss.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's theme of the 'new creation' influenced later East Syriac mystics, including Isaac of Nineveh, who developed the idea of spiritual renewal through divine folly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Syriac term ܢܸܓܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ (gaddāw(hy)) is ambiguous: it can mean 'sinews' or 'nerves' but also 'strength' or 'power'; the translation opts for 'sinews' to maintain the physical metaphor.","The phrase ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܐܲܡܪܲܚ ܘܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܟܹܐܢܵܐ (dəkmā ʾemraḥ wə-dəkmā kēʿā) is syntactically unclear; it may mean 'how much he spoke and how much he groaned' or 'how much he spoke and how much the pursuit groaned'; the translation follows the latter."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":":ܒܲܒܼܛܝܼܠܘܼܬܹܗ ܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ\nܘܠܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܘ ܝܲܕܼܥܘܼܗ̇ ܠܲܒܼܛܝܼܠܘܼܬܹܗ ܥܒܼܵܕ̈ܐ ܕܲܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܀ :ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܲܥܒܼܵܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܚܲܟܸܿܡ ܒܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ\nܥܲܠ ܗܵܝ̇ ܥܵܒ݂̇ܕܼ ܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܘܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܟܹܐܢܵܐ ܀ :ܒܝܲܕܼ ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ ܝܵܠ̇ܦܝܼܢ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܘܼܬܹܗ\nܕܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܘܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܬܼܢܝܵܐ ܀ :ܕܠܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܘ ܝܲܠܦ̣ܘܼܗܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܠܡܲܬܼܩܸܢ ܟܠܵܐ\nܝܵܦ̇ܝܼܢ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܘܼܬܹܗ ܒܝܘܿܡ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܗܵܢܵܘ̇ ܢܝܼܫܵܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ\nܕܬܹܐܠܲܦ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܒܼܵܘܿܝܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܪܲܒܿ ܝܘܼܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܵܠ̇̄ܦܵܢܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ\nܘܗܝ̤ ܒܵܗ̇ ܬܵܗ̇ܪܵܐ ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܝܵܪܒܵܐ ܡ̣̤ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܠܵܐ ܡܼܕܸܿܡ ܚܵܫ̇ܒܵܐ ܠܙܲܒܼܢܹܗ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܕܘܼܪܵܫܵܐ\nܡ̇ܐ ܕܡܸܬܼܦܲܚܲܡ ܗܵܘ̇ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܵܐ ܒܗܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܬܼܢܵܢ ܀ :ܐܵܦ ܠܵܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܟܲܕܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܪܸܢܝܵܐ ܒܢܲܦܫܵܗ̇\nܡ̇ܐ ܕܡܸܬܼܒܲܩܝܵܐ ܒܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ ܀ :ܒܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܕܲܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܡܲܩܦܬܼܵܐ ܗܵܘܢܵܗ̇\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܣܬܲܒܼܥܵܐ ܗܲܢܝܼܐܘܼܬܹܗ ܠܪܸܚܡܲܬܼ ܢܲܦܫܵܗ̇ ܀ :ܒܗܲܢܝܼܐܘܼܬܹܗ ܬܡ݂ܲܗ ܐܵܦ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܝ ܪܵܕܹܐ ܒܬܼܵܐܘܫܵܐ\nܘܲܪܡ݂ܲܪ ܗܘ̤ ܠܹܗ ܕܲܢܚܘܼܪ ܫܲܦܝܼ ܒܦܲܐܝܘܼܬܼ ܫܘܼܦܪܹܗ ܀ :ܚܘܼܪ ܠܲܡ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܡ̣ܠܲܟ ܠܹܗ ܠܪܸܥܝܵܢܝ ܠܹܗ ܠܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ\nܘܫܲܪܝܼ ܕܢܸܪܕܹܿܐ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܡܸܡܬܼܘܿܡ ܠܵܐ ܚܲܙܝܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܀ :ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܚܙܲܩ̣ܘ ܚܘܼܫܵܒܲܝ̈\nܘܲܬܼܡ݂ܲܗܘ ܘܲܬܼܗܪܘ ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܬܡܝܼ̈ܗܵܢ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܕܲܠܗܲܠ ܀","english":"In his vanity, everything becomes nothing, and the works he performs do not know his vanity. He desires his works to be wise at the end of times, concerning that which does this new creation, and the judge is angry. Through the new creation, the power of his creative nature is learned, which is the one who creates and the one who renews creation in secret. Without desire, they learn from the beginning to set a limit for all, and the power of his divinity is revealed on the day of the end. This is the sign of that new creation at the end, that creation may learn the power of the creator who creates creation. Great is the teaching that creation learns in that new creation, and in it, the wonder of how much it increases beyond what it is. As if it considers nothing the time of that contest, when that sign is changed in this one that is hidden. Even when it is not, when it is good, it is a thought in itself, when it is revealed in the stability of that which is eternal. In the stability of the one without end, it brings forth its likeness, and his goodness is not sated with the mercy of itself. In his goodness, even my thoughts marvel and run in astonishment, and he marvels at himself, that the beautiful one may look upon the beauty of his splendor. Look, beautiful one, and speak to my thoughts, to my thoughts, and begin discourses on a path that from nothing is not seen. On a new path of the renewal of all, their thoughts advanced, and they marveled and wondered how many wonders these are that are beyond.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܒܲܒܼܛܝܼܠܘܼܬܹܗ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'vanity' (bṭīlūtā) carries a strong ontological sense in Narsai, denoting the unreality or nullity of the material world in contrast to divine being.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The 'new creation' (ḥuddātā) is a key eschatological concept in Narsai, referring to the final renewal of the cosmos at the end of time, not a mere restoration but a transformation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'at the end of times' echoes apocalyptic language found in Syriac biblical tradition, particularly the notion of the 'end of days' (e.g., Dan 12:3 Peshitta).","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Narsai's homilies on creation and eschatology are influenced by Theodore of Mopsuestia's two-aeon framework, distinguishing the present world from the future renewed creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a negative description of vanity to a positive exposition of the new creation, marked by the repeated use of 'ḥuddātā' as a structural pivot.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܲܠܗܲܠ","severity":"caution","text":"The final word 'beyond' (dlhal) is ambiguous: it may mean 'beyond comprehension' or 'beyond the present world,' and the Syriac syntax allows both readings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'in his vanity' could refer to the vain person or to the abstract quality of vanity itself; the reading taken treats it as the personified vain one.","The identity of 'the judge' (dīyānā) is unclear—possibly God or a cosmic figure; the translation assumes a divine judge."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":":ܒܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܩܵܡ̣ܘ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܘ ܟܲܕܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܠܵܐ ܚܙ̣ܵܘ ܐܲܝܕܵܐ ܕܲܚܙ̣ܵܘ\nܘܐܵܘܚܸܠܘ ܘܲܦܣܲܩ̣ܘ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܨܹܝܢ ܚܵܙܹ̈ܝܢ ܚܙܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܥܵܘ̣ ܀ ܣܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܛܵܒܼܵܐ ܠܲܒܸܿܒܼ ܐܸܢܘܿܢ ܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܡܲܚܠܘܼܢ:\nܘܫܲܪܝܼܘ ܚܵܢܹ̇ܝܢ ܠܢܝܼܫܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܥܵܘ̣ ܠܲܡܕܲܡ̇ܝܘܼ ܀ :ܢܝܼܫܵܐ ܣܵܡܹ̇ܬܼ ܠܡܲܡܠܠܵܐ ܕܪܸܥܝܵܢܝ ܕܢܸܚܥܸܐ ܠܩܘܼܒܼܠܹܗ\nܘܗܵܐ ܒܵܥܹ̇ܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܐ ܕܐܸܚܢܸܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܐܸܢܗܘ̤ ܕܡܲܨܝܵܐ ܀ :ܡܨܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ ܠܡܸܚܙܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܠܲܕܼܫܲܦܝܼܪ̈ܵܢ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ ܕܲܡܥܵܘܸܟ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܢܢܗܘ̤ ܕܨܵܒܹ̇ܐ ܀ :ܠܲܕܼܫܲܦܝܼܪ̈ܵܢ ܒܵܥܹ̇ܝܬܼ ܕܐܸܬܼܢܸܐ ܩܕܼܵܡ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ\nܕܢܸܗܘܘܿܢ ܚܵܢܹ̇ܝܢ ܠܲܡܚܵܪ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܒܫܲܦܝܼܪ݁ܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܫܲܦܝܼܪ̈ܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܝܘܿܡ ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ ܬܢܹ̇ܝܬܼ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܬܼܢܹ̇ܝܬܼ\nܘܬܘܼܒܼ ܬܵܢܹ̇ܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܐ ܕܐܲܛܸܢ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܢܸܢܼܢܘܿܢ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ ܀ :ܡܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܢܸܪܚܲܡ ܬܸܢܝܵܐ ܕܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ ܕܡܲܠ̈ܝܵܢ ܬܲܗܪܵܐ\nܘܡܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܢܸܗܪܘܿܓܼ ܒܲܫܒܼܝܼ̈ܚܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܡܫܲܒܿܝ̇ܚܵܢ ܠܹܗ ܀ :ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܘܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܡܠܸܐ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܗܘܿܢ ܠܲܕܼܗܵܪܓܼ ܒܹܗ\nܥܲܠ ܗܵܝ̇ ܗܸܪܓܹܿܬܼ ܐܵܦ ܗܵܪܹܓܼ ܐ̄ܢܵܐ ܒܗܸܪܓܹܿܐ ܕܲܒܼܗܹܝܢ ܀ :ܒܗܹܝܢ ܪܵܓܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܠܡܸܬܗܲܓܵܝܘܼ ܕܠܵܐ ܣܲܒܼܥܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܕܛܵܟ ܐܸܚܣܘܿܟ ܠܹܒܿܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܒܲܫܟܼܝܼܪ݁ܵܬܵܪܐ ܀ :ܒܝܲܕܼ ܢܸܣܝܵܢܵܐ ܩܢܹ̇ܝܬܼ ܢܸܣܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ\nܘܝܸܠܦܹ̇ܬܼ ܕܛܵܒܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܗܸܪܓܵܐ ܛܵܒܼܵܐ ܠܲܕܼܗܵܪܹܓܼ ܒܹܗ ܀ :ܬܵܐ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ ܗܪܘܿܓܼ ܬܲܩܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܒܲܕܼܬܲܩܝܼ̈ܢܵܢ\nܘܲܬܢܝܼ ܒܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܬܸܢܝܵܢ ܡܸܠܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܀ :ܬܵܐ ܚܘܼܪ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪ ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ\nܘܩܲܠܸܣ ܘܐܵܘܪܸܒܼ ܠܲܡܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܢܵܐ ܕܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܲܢ ܀","english":"They stood in wonder, while the good they did not see, that which they saw they hastened and cut off, unable to see the vision they sought. Good hope they placed in the heart, that they might not be confounded, and they began to sin against the thought of that which they sought to liken. A thought I placed in the utterance of my mind, that it might be healed in its opposite, and behold, I desire that I be healed well, that it might become what it is able. The mind is able to see well the beautiful things, and it has nothing that hinders it from becoming what it wills. For the beautiful things you desire to be placed before the beautiful ones, that they might be for the sinners to marvel at beauty in beauties. The beauties of the day of the new creation you placed as you placed, and again you will place, that I might bring a man who will bring the sign of the cross of the Son. Why did the placing of words that fill wonder not have mercy? And why did it not rejoice in the praises that praise it? Wonder and glory filled their eyes for it to rejoice in it. Upon this rejoicing, also a man rejoices in the rejoicing in which they rejoice. In them I run to be conversant without satiety, that I might restrain my heart from the sight of the beauties of the beginning. Through the help of the placing of the thought, I learned that good is the good rejoicing for him who rejoices in it. Come, mind, rejoice rightly in the right things, and place in love the placing of words of the renewal of all. Come, see well how beautiful is the renewal of all, and praise and magnify the renewals of our ancient state.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܬܲܗܪܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac noun ܬܲܗܪܵܐ (tahrā) means 'wonder' or 'astonishment', often with a positive, awe-filled connotation in Narsai's liturgical poetry. It recurs in this passage to frame the cognitive and spiritual response to the new creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ (reʿyānā) denotes 'mind' or 'thought', a key faculty in Narsai's anthropology. Here it is personified as an agent capable of perceiving beauty and engaging in right rejoicing, aligning with the poet's emphasis on intellectual contemplation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܢܸܢܼܢܘܿܢ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'sign of the cross of the Son' (ܕܢܸܢܼܢܘܿܢ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ) evokes the cross as a salvific symbol, central to Narsai's Christology. It may allude to the typological interpretation of the cross in Syriac exegesis, though no single verse is directly quoted.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a third-person narrative of human failure (lines 1–4) to a first-person address to the mind (lines 5–12), culminating in an exhortation to rejoice in the new creation. This mirrors the homiletic structure of Narsai's memre, moving from diagnosis to parenesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'new creation' (ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ) is a central theme in Narsai's eschatology, likely drawing on the Syriac tradition of the 'renewal of creation' at the end of time, as found in Ephrem and later East Syrian writers. The passage contrasts human vanity with divine renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac text contains several ambiguous pronominal references (e.g., 'they' in lines 1–3) and a lacuna in the English draft at the end of the previous passage. The reading assumes the subject is humanity or sinners, but the referent is not explicit in the surviving manuscript.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'they' in the opening lines is unclear; it may refer to humanity, sinners, or a specific group. The reading takes it as generic humanity.","The phrase 'the good they did not see' could be read as moral or aesthetic blindness; the annotation assumes the latter, given the focus on beauty."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":":ܒܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܿܢ ܚܵܪ̣ ܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܢ ܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܢܸܒܼܪܹܝܢ\nܘܩܲܕܹܿܡ ܨܵܪܹܗ ܠܝܘܿܡ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܲܢ ܥܲܡ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܲܢ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܠܫܲܒܼܪܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܒܲܝܐܝܼܗ̇ ܠܫܲܒܼܪܘܼܬܼ ܢܲܦܫܲܢ\nܕܠܵܐ ܬܸܟܼܪܸܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܒܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܹܗ ܕܥܵܐܡܵܐ ܥܡܝܼܠܵܐ ܀ :ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܨܵܪ ܕܸܡ̈ܘܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܙ̈ܝܵܢ\nܘܚܵܘܝܼ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ ܠܗܵܘܢܵܐ ܟܲܣܝܵܠ ܕܲܟܼܣܸܐ ܒܢܲܦܫܲܢ ܀ :ܒܗܵܘܢܵܐ ܚܵܘܝܲܢ ܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ\nܘܟܲܕܼ ܛܵܒܼ ܪܲܚܝܼܩ ܣܵܡ̣ ܒܘܼܕܵܩܹܗ ܒܲܕܼܩܲܪ̈ܝܼܒܼܵܢ ܀ :ܒܩܲܪ̈ܝܼܒܼܵܬܼܵܐ ܚܵܘܝܲܢ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܲܚܝܼܩܵܬܼܵܐ\nܘܲܒܼܓܲܠ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܐܲܠܦܲܢ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܲܒܼܟܲܣ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܓܸܠܝܵܐ ܓܠ̣ܵܐ ܠܲܢ ܥܲܠ ܟܲܣܝܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܠܸܫܵܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܟܵܪܘܿܙܵܐ ܕܲܣܬܼܝܼܪ̈ܵܬܹܗ ܀ :ܒܠܸܫܵܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܬܲܪܓܸܿܡ ܥܲܡܲܢ ܥܲܠ ܕܲܥܬܼܝܼ݁̈ܕܵܪܢ\nܒܗܵܘ̇ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܡܥܵܕܼ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܠܡܸܫܡܲܥ ܒܸܣܪ̈ܵܢܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ ܠܹܗ ܠܒܸܣܪܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܠܸܦ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܵܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܵܐ:\nܘܲܠܥܸ݂ܙ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܘܨܵܬܼܘ ܒܸܣܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܠܸܥܙܵܐ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܠܸܥܙܵܐ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐ ܠܥܸ݂ܙ ܒܸܪܪܵܢܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܒܸܣܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ\nܘܲܟܼܒܲܪ ܐܵܡܲ݁ܪ ܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܫܵܡܲ݁ܥ ܕܡܲܢ̣ܘܼ ܕܲܠܥܸܙ ܀ :ܡܲܢ̣ܘܼ ܕܲܠܥܸܙ ܨܵܒܹ̇ܝܬܿ ܕܬܸܫܡܲܥ ܐܘܿ ܫܵܡܘܿܥܵܐ\nܫܡܲܥ ܡܹܢܝ ܘܝܼܠܲܦ ܕܐ̄̇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܲܠܦܥܸܙ ܥܲܡ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܲܠܥܸܙ ܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܒܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܘܗܘ̤ ܥܲܡ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܨܵܬܼ ܟܲܣ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܘܬܲܪܓܸܿܡ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ ܒܐܝܼܕܲܝ̈ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ ܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܒܹܝܬܼ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܘܲܠܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ\nܘܒܼܐܝܼܙ ܓܲܕܿܘܼܬܹܗ ܫܲܝܸܢ ܡ̇ܪܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܬܹܗ ܀","english":"In the ancient time, the one who bore the world looked, and before his form he placed the day of renewal with its signs. As if for a child, he desired that his likeness be for childhood, that it might not be hidden in the antiquity of the weary people. In the form of an image, he made likenesses that are not seen, and he showed the ear to that hidden one who is concealed in himself. In that ear, he showed the renewal at the end, and when the good was distant, he set its proof in the near things. In the near things, he showed the power of the distant things, and by revelations he taught the order of concealments. In the revelation, he revealed to us concerning the concealment of his divinity, and the tongue of flesh made a herald of his mysteries. With the tongue of flesh, he interpreted to us concerning the future things, in that which passes, flesh hears the fleshly things. To the flesh, he taught a spiritual mystery, and to the ear of flesh, and the fleshly ears listened to a new sound. To the new sound, the ear of the creature listened with the fleshly ears, and again he says, \"Which of those who hear knows the meaning of the sound?\" The meaning of the sound, do you wish to hear, O hearer? Hear from me and learn that it is a man who is with the sound of the flesh, with humanity. It is a man who is the sound, the spirit in himself, and he is with the man, and he listens to the concealments and interprets them by the hands of the man. As a mediator, he was between man and the Creator, and by the power of his creation, the Lord converses with his creatures.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܒܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܿܢ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܒܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܿܢ (baʿtīqūt) means 'antiquity' or 'ancient time,' contrasting with the 'new creation' (ḥuddātā) that follows. This temporal opposition is central to Narsai's typological exegesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܸܣܪܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'tongue of flesh' (ܠܸܫܵܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ) echoes Pauline language of flesh and spirit (e.g., 2 Cor 3:3) and the incarnation as a medium for divine revelation. Narsai here develops the paradox of the Word made flesh as a hermeneutic key.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'mediator' (ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ) reflects Narsai's Christology, where Christ (or the divine Word) functions as an intermediary between God and humanity, a theme prominent in the School of Edessa and Narsai's homilies.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܲܟܼܒܲܪ ܐܵܡܲ݁ܪ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'and again he says' (ܘܲܟܼܒܲܪ ܐܵܡܲ݁ܪ) marks a rhetorical shift, introducing a direct address to the hearer. This is a common homiletic device in Narsai, engaging the audience in the interpretive process.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܨܲܠܡܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in the form of an image' (ܒܲܕܼܡܘܼܬܼ ܨܲܠܡܵܐ) parallels the language of Genesis 1:26-27 (creation of humanity in God's image) and Narsai's earlier use of 'likeness' (ܕܡܘܬܐ), reinforcing the theme of divine archetype and earthly copy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܲܢ̣ܘܼ ܕܲܠܥܸܙ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'meaning of the sound' (ܡܲܢ̣ܘܼ ܕܲܠܥܸܙ) is ambiguous: it could refer to the semantic content of the 'new sound' or to its spiritual significance. The English draft opts for 'meaning,' but the Syriac allows a more mystical reading as 'essence' or 'substance.'","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the one who bore the world' (ܕܲܒܼܪܵܢ ܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ) is ambiguous: it may refer to Christ as Logos or to a divine figure (e.g., the Creator). The reading taken follows Narsai's Christological focus.","The phrase 'the ear' (ܐܸܢܹܝܢ) is ambiguous: it could be a literal organ of hearing or a metaphor for receptive understanding. The translation opts for the literal sense, but the context suggests a spiritual faculty."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":":ܒܡܸܨܥܵܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܫܪ̣ܵܐ ܚܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬܼ ܟܠ ܘܲܒܼܟܼܠ\nܘܐܲܟܼܪܸܙ ܒܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܣܒܲܪܬܼܵܐ ܕܫܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܠܲܦ ܀ :ܗܵܢܵܘ̇ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܫܲܝܸܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܡ̇ܪܹܟܿܠ\nܘܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܕܲܕܼܪܲܫ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܒܲܕܸܿܩ ܠܲܢ ܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܠܚܲܪܬܼܵܐ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܚܵܘ̣ܝܼ ܠܲܢ ܫܒܼܝܼܠ ܡܲܪܕܿܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܗܲܝܡܵܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܐܲܠܸܦ ܠܲܢ ܕܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܿܬܼܵܐ ܥܲܬܿܝܼܩܘܼܬܲܢ\nܘܨܵܐ ܠܲܢ ܛܘܼܦܣܵܐ ܕܲܢܕܲܡܸܐ ܒܹܗ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܒܲܩܢܘܿܡܹܗ ܚܵܘܝܼ ܐܸܢܹܝܢ ܠܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܕܝܼܠܲܢ\nܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܦܲܠܲܓܼ ܥܲܠ ܟܲܣ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܘܕܿܝܼ ܠܲܢ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܩܲܕܡ̇ܝܑܬܼ ܫܲܠ̣ܚܹܗ ܠܢܲܚܬܵܐ ܕܡܵܝܘܿܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܣܠܸ̣ܩ ܘܐܸܬܼܪܲܡܪܲܡ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܡ̇ܘܬܵܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܒܼܖܨܸܒܼܥܵܐ ܚܵܘ̣ܝܼ ܠܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܦܲܓܼܪܹܗ\nܕܞܘܼܪܘ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܹ̈ܐ ܒܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܝܘܼܿܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܒܗܵܕܹܐ ܬܸܢܘܲܝ ܢܲܚܡܹܗ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܝܵܐ\nܕܲܒܼܢܘܼܚܵܡܹܗ ܢܨܘܼܪ ܬܲܚܘܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܀ :ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܲܕܲܬܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ\nܘܒܹܗ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܒܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܒܹܗ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܗܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܪܵܡ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܸܠܬܼܵܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܡܲܠܲܠ ܐܵܦ ܗܵܘ̇ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܡܲܠܲܠ ܀ :ܠܹܗ ܓ̣ܒܼܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܗܵܘ̇ ܡ̇ܪܹܐ ܟܠ ܐܲܝܟ ܪܹܫܝܼܬܼܵܐ\nܕܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܡܡܲܠܸܐ ܕܘܼܟܲܬܼ ܝܵܬܹܗ ܠܲܥܒܼܵܕܼ ܐܝܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܀ :ܕܘܼܟܲܬܼ ܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ ܡܡܲܠܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܓܲܠܝܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܐܷܲܟ ܕܒܲܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ ܢܵܝ̇ܚܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܪܸ̈ܓܼܫܲܝ ܦܲܓܼܪܹܗ ܀","english":"In the midst of his silence he loosed the seal of the house of all and of all, and he proclaimed in the earth the gospel of the age that does not change. This is the sign that renews all with the Lord of all, and he is the one who shows the new way of the renewal of all. He examined for us concerning the renewal that will be at the end, and he showed us the path of the discipline of faith. He taught us that in him our old age is renewed, and he formed for us a pattern that resembles him mysteriously. In his resurrection he showed the sign to these of ours, that it should not be divided over the mysteries that were confessed to us. He first sent down the sign of mortality, and in his death he ascended and was exalted above death. As with a finger he showed the renewal of his body, that the dead live in the body that became immortal. By this confidence his divine power grew, and in his confidence he formed the demonstration of the renewal of all. The whole creation was renewed with him mysteriously, and in him it is truly renewed at the completion of the sacrifices. In him that renewal will be which is higher than the word, and in him also that knowledge which is unspeakable is spoken. He chose him from all, the Lord of all, as a beginning, that he might fill the place of his sign for the work of his hands. The place of the sign fills all by his revelation, and as in a mirror the creation sees in the senses of his body.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܡܸܨܥܵܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܫܪ̣ܵܐ ܚܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'in the midst of his silence he loosed the seal' suggests a moment of divine revelation emerging from hiddenness, a common theme in Narsai's typological exegesis.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܣܒܲܪܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'gospel' (ܣܒܲܪܬܼܵܐ) here refers not to a written text but to the proclamation of the 'age that does not change,' aligning with Narsai's eschatological focus on eternal renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܹܗ ܒܲܟܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܣܠܸ̣ܩ ܘܐܸܬܼܪܲܡܪܲܡ ܠܥܸܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܡ̇ܘܬܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The description of Christ's death and exaltation above death echoes Pauline theology (e.g., Romans 6:9) and is central to Narsai's typology of resurrection as the pattern for universal renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܙܲܒܼܢܹ̈ܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'at the completion of the sacrifices' likely refers to the eschatological end of liturgical offerings, a theme in Syriac liturgical theology where Christ's sacrifice fulfills and ends all prior sacrifices.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܲܕܲܬܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ","severity":"info","text":"This line marks a structural pivot: the renewal of all creation 'mysteriously' with Christ, leading to the final affirmation of Christ as the beginning and mirror of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܘܼܟܲܬܼ ܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ ܡܡܲܠܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'the place of the sign fills all' is ambiguous: it may refer to Christ's typological role or to the eucharistic presence; the text does not resolve the reference.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the sign' (ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ) is ambiguous: it may refer to Christ, the Eucharist, or a typological pattern; the text supports all three readings.","The phrase 'the place of the sign' (ܕܘܼܟܲܬܼ ܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ) is unclear: it could denote a liturgical space, a scriptural type, or an eschatological reality."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":":ܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܿܬܲܚܡܝܼܢ ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ ܫܪ̈ܲܝܵܐ ܕܲܡܠܝܼܠܘܼܬܼܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܲܚܩܝܼܢ ܠܡܸܒܼܥܵܐ ܒܥܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܟܲܣܝܘܼܬܼ ܟܲܣܝܵܐ ܀ :ܗܲܝܟܲܠ ܩܘܼܕܼܫܵܐ ܕܐܲܚܝܼܕܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܩܲܪܒܼܵܐ ܣܸܓܼܕܲܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܪܹܐ ܟܠܵܐ ܀ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܥܵܐ̇ܠܵܐ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܨܼܝܕܼ ܡ̇ܪܹܟܿܝܠ:\nܘܲܡܩܲܪܒܼܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܚܕܼܵܐ ܬܵܘܕܼܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܦܘܼܠܵܓܼܵܐ ܀ :ܗܵܢܵܘ̇ ܢܝܼܫܵܐ ܐܵܦ ܕܲܓܼܒܼܝܼܬܹܗ ܘܲܕܼܪܘܼܡܪܵܡܹܗ\nܕܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܠܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܲܡܠܲܝ̈ܗܹܝܢ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ܝܘܼ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ ܠܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܠܲܐܝܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܠܲܐܝܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܲܒܼܪܘܼ ܦܘܼܡܹܗ ܪܵܕܹܦ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܥܢܵܢܵܐ ܕܚܲܫܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܒܝܘܿܡ ܓܸܠܝܵܢܹܗ ܓܵܠܹ̇ܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܓܲܢ̄ܒܵܪܘܼܬܹܗ\nܘܚܵܙ̇ܝܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܿܢܲܨܲܚ ܒܹܗ ܀ :ܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܕܵܢܲܚ̇ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܕܕܼܢܚܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܟܠ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܢ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܥܒܼܝܼ̈ܕܹܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܬܵܗܲܪ ܘܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܓܵܘܲܣ ܀ :ܕܝܵܪܵܐ ܕܟܼܠܵܐ ܡܲܦܢܸܐ ܨܹܐܕܼܵܘܗܝ ܡ̇ܪܹܐ ܟܠܵܐ\nܘܢܸܗܘܘܿܢ ܚܵܙܹ̇ܝܢ ܟܲܕܼ ܕܵܐܹ̇ܢ ܟܠ ܘܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܟܠ ܀ :ܩܲܠܝܼܠܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܪܵܡܹ̇ܙ ܪܸܡܙܹܗ ܠܲܕܼܡܸܣܬܲܥܪ̈ܵܢ\nܘܛܵܟ ܩܵܕܹܗ ܠܹܗ ܥܒܼܵܕܼܵܐ ܠܪܸܡܙܹܗ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܘܚܵܪܵܐ ܀ :ܚܕܼܵܐ ܒܲܪ̄ܬܼ ܩܵܠܵܐ ܩܵܥܹ̇ܐ ܒܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܘܫܵܡܲ݁ܥ ܠܵܗ̇ ܟܠ\nܘܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܫܵܠ̇ܡܵܐ ܫܠܸ݂ܡ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܘܢܵܚ̣ ܘܐܸܬܿܛܲܟܲܣ ܀ :ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܩ̣ܪܵܐ ܡܸܢܫܹܠܝ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ\nܡܕܲܡܸܐ ܐܵܦ ܗܘ̤ ܘܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܟܠ ܒܚܹܝܠ ܡ̇ܪܹܟܿܠ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܗܵܘ̇ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܠܵܐ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܥܒ݂ܲܕܼ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ\nܗܘ̤ ܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܒܹܗ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܡܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܀","english":"In him the first motions of speech are stirred, and they are not hindered from seeking in the time of the hiddenness of the hidden. The holy temple that holds all becomes for all, and in him the worship of all is offered to the Lord of all. The whole creation enters with him before the Lord of all, and offers him a single confession without division. This is the sign also of his election and his exaltation, that he might be a rest for creatures from their labors. He gave rest to the weary world from its weariness, and through his mouth he drives away from it the cloud of sufferings. On the day of his revelation he reveals the power of his might, and creation beholds the strength of the essence that is adorned in him. From his silence the light of his radiance shines upon all creatures, and there is no deed that does not have a form and is not arrayed in him. The dwelling of all turns its face toward the Lord of all, and they become seeing when he renews all and makes all new. Swiftly he gives his sign to those who are astonished, and the deed hastens to his sign without delay. A single utterance cries out in the earth, and all hear it, and until it is completed, everything is finished and becomes still and is ordered. By that command which called creation from silence at the beginning, he also resembles and renews all by the power of the Lord of all. That is the power which from nothing made everything; it renews through him the heavens and the earth, the speaking and the mute.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܡܸܬܿܬܲܚܡܝܼܢ ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ ܫܪ̈ܲܝܵܐ ܕܲܡܠܝܼܠܘܼܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'first motions of speech' (zawʿē šrāyē d-mlīlūṯā) denotes the initial stirrings of rational discourse, a technical term in Narsai's cosmology for the activation of created intellect.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܗܲܝܟܲܠ ܩܘܼܕܼܫܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The 'holy temple' (hayklā qaddīšā) echoes the temple imagery of Hebrews 9 and the Syriac tradition of the church as a type of the heavenly sanctuary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ܬܵܘܕܼܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܦܘܼܠܵܓܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The 'single confession without division' (tawdītā d-lā pūlāḡā) reflects the miaphysite Christological formula of one nature after union, central to Narsai's anti-Chalcedonian context.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܕܵܢܲܚ̇ ܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The motif of light shining from silence parallels the prologue of the Memra on the Nativity (Narsai), where divine silence precedes the illumination of creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܩ̣ܪܵܐ ܡܸܢܫܹܠܝ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a chiastic inclusio with the opening of the homily, returning to the theme of creation from silence and the renewing command of the Lord of all.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܲܡܩܲܪܒܼܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܚܕܼܵܐ ܬܵܘܕܼܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܦܘܼܠܵܓܼܵܐ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'offers him a single confession' is ambiguous: it may refer to the creation's liturgical act or to the incarnate Word's own confession; the Syriac syntax allows both readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The subject of 'offers him a single confession' could be the whole creation or the holy temple; the Syriac does not disambiguate.","The phrase 'from his silence' (men šelyā) may refer to the silence of the Lord of all or to the silence of the created order before revelation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":":ܡܠܝܼܠܹ݁̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ̈ܫܹܐ ܡܢܝܼܚ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܲܡܠܵܐ ܘܡ̣ܢ ܫܘܼܚܠܵܦܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܘܼܒܼ ܥܵܡ̇ܠܝܼܢ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܥܲܡܠܝܼܢ ܒܲܥܡܝܼ̈ܠܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܫܲܪܝܼ ܒܹܗ ܒܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܲܠ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܓܵܡܲ݁ܪ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܓܼܡܝܼܪܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܠܵܡܵܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܠܘܼܩܕܼܵܡ ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܪܵܡܝܼܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܸܟܼܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܘܩܲܢܸܐ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܠܡܸܬܲܠ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܐܵܦ ܠܲܐ̄ܚܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ ܀ :ܩܵܢܹܝܢ ܠܵܐ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܹ̈ܐ ܝ̄ܪܸܬܼ ܡ̇ܝܘܿܬܼܵܐ\nܘܲܒܼܝܵܪܬܿܘܼܬܹܗ ܡܫܵܘܬܸܿܦ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܘܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܀ :ܒܢܲܝ̈ ܝܵܪܬܿܘܼܬܹܗ ܟܬܼܝܼܒܼ ܕܲܗ̤ܘܲܝܢܲܢ ܐܵܦ ܗܵܘܹ̇ܝܢܲܢ\nܡ̇ܕܹܝܢ ܫܲܪܝܼܪ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܿܕܲܓܲܠ ܫܘܼܘܕܵܝܣ ܡܸܠܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܀ :ܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܓܲܠܝܵܐ ܚܙ̣ܵܘ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܹܐ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܐܲܪܥܵܢܵܐ\nܘܲܚܕܼܝܼܘ ܘܫܲܒܲܚܘ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܓܼܠ̣ܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܫܪܵܪ ܟܲܣܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܩܵܠ ܬܸܫܒܿܘܿܚܬܵܐ ܐܲܙܥܸܩܘ ܒܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܟܸܢܫܲܝ̈ ܪܵܘܡ̇ܐ\nܠܟܲܣܝܵܐ ܕܚܵܘܝܼ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܒܓܸܠܝܵܐ ܠܲܒܼܢܲܝ̈ ܒܲܝܬܹܿܗ ܀ :ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܓܠ̣ܵܐ ܠܲܥܒܼܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܐܲܠܸܦ ܐܸܢܘܿܢ ܕܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܲܥܒܼܝܼܕܹ̈ܐ ܕܪܲܒܿ ܡ̣ܢ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܀ :ܪܲܒܿ ܪ̈ܲܒܵܢܹܐ ܕܿܥܒܼܵܕܼ ܐܝܼܕܼܵܘ̈ܗܝ ܥܲܒܼܕܹܿܗ ܠܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ\nܘܗܵܐ ܡܡܲܠܹܝܢ ܒܹܗ ܟܝܵܢܵܐ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܠ ܕܲܡܫܲܡܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܠܪܲܒܵܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܣܵܓܼ̇ܕܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܠܡܵܪܵܐ\nܘܲܡܝܲܩܪܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܡܸܛܠ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܡܸܙܕܲܝܲܚ ܒܹܗ ܀ :ܚܹܝܠ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܪܝܼܡܹܗ ܠܪܵܘܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܫܡܹܗ\nܘܗܵܐ ܡܸܫܬܿܡܲܗ ܒܲܫܡܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܬܿ ܒܹܗ ܦܚܡܵܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܀ :ܠܲܝܬܿ ܠܲܥܒܼܝܼܕܼܵܐ ܫܸܡ ܥܵܒܲܘܿܕܼܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܟܠ ܟܠܹܗ\nܘܗܵܢܵܘ̇ ܬܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܲܫܘ̣ܵܐ ܥܒܼܝܼܕܼܵܐ ܠܫܸܡ ܥܵܒܲ݁ܘܿܕܵܪܐ ܀","english":"Eloquent and mute alike are freed from toil and from change, and they no longer labor nor are they wearied by labors. He begins in him that renewal which is indestructible, and he completes it in the perfection that has no end. He was before in the lives that are cast down from the heights, and he gives power to give life even to the last. The immortal inherits mortality, and by his inheritance he makes flesh and spirits partners. In his inheritance it is written that we shall be as he is, a true thing and not false, the covenant of his words. The spirits saw the manifest truth through the earth, and they rejoiced and praised him who was revealed in it, the truth of his hiddenness. They raised a voice of praise in the earth, the throngs of the height, for the hidden one to show his love openly to the sons of his house. His great love revealed to the passers-by through the Son of Man, and taught that there is nothing among creatures greater than the Son of Man. The greatest of the great ones whose hands made the Son of Man, and behold, he fills in him the order of the service of the ministers. Creation worships his greatness as a lord, and honors him because of the power that is mingled in him. The power of the Creator desired to raise him to the height of his name, and behold, he is named with a name that has no other likeness. The creature has no name of the creator, nor any at all, and this wonder that is equal is made for the name of the creator.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The opening lines describe the liberation of both the eloquent and the mute from toil and change, a state of eschatological renewal where labor ceases.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ (ḥuddāṯā) means 'renewal' and is a key concept in Narsai's theology, often denoting the eschatological restoration of creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Son of Man' (ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ) echoes New Testament usage, particularly in contexts of Christ's incarnation and role as mediator, as in John 1:14 and related passages.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'the immortal inherits mortality' reflects the Antiochene Christological emphasis on the Word's assumption of human nature, a theme central to Narsai's homilies.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a general description of eschatological renewal to a specific focus on the Son of Man as the locus of divine power and worship, marking a structural pivot in the narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The final lines contain a textual ambiguity: 'this wonder that is equal is made for the name of the creator' may reflect a corruption or a deliberate paradox about the creature bearing the creator's name.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'the covenant of his words' (ܫܘܼܘܕܵܝܣ ܡܸܠܵܘ̈ܗܝ) is ambiguous: it may refer to a divine promise or to a written testament, and the reading here takes it as a covenantal assurance.","The final clause 'this wonder that is equal is made for the name of the creator' is syntactically difficult; the reading assumes a deliberate theological paradox rather than a scribal error."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":":ܒܪܝܼܬܹܗ ܝܲܩܲܪ ܒܵܪܹܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܗܵܕܹܐ ܕܲܣܥ݂ܲܪ\nܕܢܸܣܲܒܼ ܡܸܢܵܬܼܵܐ ܡܸܕܹܿܡ ܘܝܲܩܪܵܗ̇ ܒܫܘܼܒܼܚܹܗ ܀ :ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܗܵܘ̇ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܲܗܘ̤ܵܐ ܒܗܵܠܹܝܢ\nܘܒܹܗ ܒܐܝܼܩܵܪܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܝܲܩܲܪ ܟܠ ܥܲܡ ܡ̇ܪܹܟܿܠ ܀ :ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܹܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܚܵܫܘܿܫܹ̈ܐ\nܘܩܲܪܝܼܒܼܝܼܢ ܠܹܗ ܒܲܐ̄ܚܝܵܢܘܼܬܼܵܐ ܘܲܒܼܪܘܼܡܪܵܡ̇ܐ ܀ :ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܦܲܓܼܪܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܦܲܓܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ ܡܸܬܼܚܲܒܿܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ\nܘܲܡܚܲܝܢܝܼܢ ܠܹܗ ܒܛܘܿܗܡ̇ܐ ܕܦܲܓܼܪܵܐ ܘܲܕܼܚܘܼܕܵܬܼܵܐ ܀ :ܘܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܢ ܐܝܼܬܼ ܒܹܗ ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܚܲܝܲܝ̈ܢ\nܘܲܒܼܪܘܼܡܪܵܡܹܗ ܐܵܦ ܪܘܼܡܪܵܡ̇ܐ ܕܟܼܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܵܪܐ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܡ̇ܕܹܝܢ ܐܵܒܹ̇ܕܼ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ\nܕܗܵܐ ܟܠ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܡܣܲܝܲܟ ܘܲܢܛܝܼܪ ܒܚܲܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܸܢܣܲܢ ܀ :ܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܡܲܨܝܵܐ ܕܟܲܕܼ ܪܹܫܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܫܘܼܒܼܚܵܐ ܫܲܪܝܵܐ\nܓܘܼܫܡܵܐ ܕܡܸܢܹܗ ܗܘ̤ܵܬܼ ܪܹܫܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܢܩܵܘܸܐ ܒܨܲܥܪܵܐ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܫܵܡ̇ܘܿܥܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܬܸܦܠܓܼܝܼܘܗܝ ܠܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܟܼܠܵܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܬܸܣܕܿܘܿܩܲܝܗܝ ܠܓܼܘܼܫܡܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܬܸܬܼܦܲܠܲܓܼ ܕܐܲܝܟܲܢ ܡܲܨܝܵܐ ܗܵܕܹܐ ܠܡܸܗܘܵܐ\nܗܲܝܡܸܢ ܕܲܡܨܸܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܚܹܝܠ ܟܠܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܀ :ܠܚܹܝܠ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩ ܟܠܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܕܲܟܼܣܸܐ ܘܲܓܼܠܸܐ\nܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܥܵܘܲܟ ܐܸܡܲܬܼܝ ܕܨܵܒܹ̇ܐ ܕܢܸܣܥܘܿܪ ܡܸܕܸܿܡ ܀ :ܠܹܗ ܠܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܫܸܦܪܲܬ̤ ܗܵܕܹܐ ܕܗܵܟܲܢ ܢܸܣܥܘܿܪ\nܘܲܣܥܝܼܪܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܬܼ ܠܨܸܒܼܝܵܢ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܢܸܣܥܘܿܪ ܀ :ܠܵܘ ܚܲܕܼܬܼܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܓ̣ܒܼܵܐ ܚܲܕ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܠܚܘܼܕܵܬܼ ܟܠܵܐ\nܕܓܲܒܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܢܸܒܼܪܸܐ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܀","english":"His creation is honored, the Creator creates a creation in this renewal, and he takes from it something and its honor in his glory. From it, that man who was in these things is separated, and in his honor every people is honored with the Creator. From it, his soul is separated from the spirits and the senses, and they are brought near to him in life and in exaltation. From it, his body is separated from all destructible bodies, and he lives by the taste of the body and of unity. And from all creatures, there is in him a separation at the beginning of life, and in his exaltation, also the exaltation of the whole creation. As if something from the creatures were lost, for behold, everything is complete and preserved in one of the kinds. As if it were possible that when the beginning begins in glory, the body from which the beginning came remains in form. Do not listen, do not divide the love of all, and do not close the perfect body from its equality. Do not dispute how this can be; believe that the power of the Creator can do everything. To the power of the Creator, everything hidden and revealed is easy, and it is not hindered when it wishes to do something. To the Creator, this is fitting, that he does thus, and it was done according to the will of his love until he does it. Not newly does he choose a man for the renewal of all, for he had chosen him until he created the creation at the beginning.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ (mʿattā) is rendered as 'separation' in the English draft, but it can also mean 'portion' or 'part'. Here it likely denotes a distinction or setting apart in the context of renewal.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܪܹܫܝܼܬܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The word ܪܹܫܝܼܬܼܵܐ (rēšīṯā) means 'beginning' and is used twice in this passage, possibly echoing the opening of Genesis (b-rēšīṯ). Narsai may be drawing a parallel between the original creation and the new creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ (b-rēšīṯ, 'at the beginning') at the end of the passage echoes the opening of Genesis (Gen 1:1). Narsai likely alludes to the original creation to frame the new creation as a restoration.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܟܼܠܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'love of all' (ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܟܼܠܵܐ) reflects Narsai's emphasis on divine love as the motive for creation and renewal, a theme common in Syriac theological poetry.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܢ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase 'from all creatures' (ܡ̣ܢ ܟܠ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܢ) structures the passage as a series of contrasts between the old creation and the new, emphasizing the transformation of the individual.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐܲܝܟܲܥ","severity":"caution","text":"The Syriac ܐܲܝܟܲܥ (aykāʿ, 'as if') introduces hypothetical or paradoxical statements. The English draft's rendering 'as if' is appropriate, but the logic of the comparisons is dense and may be intentionally apophatic.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The term ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ could mean 'separation' or 'portion'; the reading 'separation' is adopted based on the context of renewal and distinction from the old creation.","The phrase 'from it' (ܡܢܵܬܼܵܐ) is ambiguous in reference—whether it refers to the new creation or the Creator's glory is unclear; the translation assumes the new creation."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":":ܥܲܡ ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܹܗ ܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܬܼ ܒܹܗ ܗܵܕܹܐ ܕܲܣܥܲܪ\nܠܵܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܬܼ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܕܡܸܢܹܗ ܠܵܐ ܟܵܣܝܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܬܼ ܀ :ܕܠܵܐ ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ ܡܫܲܪܲܪ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܗܵܢ ܦܘܼܣܩܵܢܵܐ\nܘܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܒܵܬܲܪ ܙܲܒܼܢܵܐ ܀ :ܘܐܸܢ ܗܵܟܲܢܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܐܵܦ ܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܐܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܹܝܗ̇\nܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܦܲܠܲܓܼ ܥܲܠ ܣܘܼܥܪܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܡܸܡܬܼܘܿܡ ܀ :ܡܸܡܬܼܘܿܡ ܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ ܐܝܼܬܼܝܵܐ ܕܐܲܚܬܿܝܼ ܟܠ ܠܲܗܘܵܝܵܐ\nܘܒܹܗ ܟܲܣ̈ܝܵܢ ܗ̣̄ܘܲܝ̈ ܟܠܗܹܝܢ ܕܲܗ̤ܘܲܝ̈ ܐܸܡܲܬܼܝ ܕܲܗ̤ܘܲܝ̈ ܀ :ܒܪܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܡ̣ܢ ܨܹܐܕܼܵܘܗܝ ܥܲܕܼܠܵܐ ܢܸܒܼܪܹܝܗܝ\nܘܲܡܚܲܕܲܬܼ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܩܕܼܵܡ ܕܲܢܒܲܕܸܿܩ ܥܲܠ ܚܘܼܕܵܬܹܗ ܀ :ܒܬܸܢܝܵܐ ܚܲܕܿܬܹܗ ܠܨܸܒܼܝܵܢ ܚܘܼܒܹܿܗ ܨܵܒܹ̇ܐ ܒܚܲܝܲܝ̈ܢ\nܘܐܲܠܦܲܢ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܬܹܗ ܘܒܼܵܪܘܿܝܘܼܬܹܗ ܀ :ܠܲܢ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܐܲܠܸܦ ܒܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܕܲܣܥ݂ܲܪ ܡܸܛܠܵܬܲܢ\nܕܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܪܲܚ̣ܡܲܢ ܘܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܝܲܩܪܵܢ ܒܲܫܒܼܝܼ̈ܚܵܬܹܗ ܀ :ܪܲܚܡܲܢ ܕܲܒܼܪܵܢ ܟܲܕܼ ܝܵ̇ܕܲܥ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܕܣܵܢܹ̇ܝܢܲܢ ܠܹܗ\nܘܲܡܚܲܕܸܿܬܼ ܠܲܢ ܘܲܡܦܵܣ ܣܲܓܿܝܼ ܕܠܵܐ ܫܵܘܹ̇ܝܢܲܢ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܫܵܘܹܿܝܢܲܢ ܘܲܟܼܡܵܐ ܕܢܹܐܡܲܪ ܠܵܐ ܫܵܘܹ̇ܝܢܲܢ\nܕܢܸܣܲܒܼ ܕܲܪܓܼܵܐ ܕܪܵܡ ܘܲܡܥܲܠܲܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܕܲܥܒܼܝܼ̈ܕܹܐ ܀ :ܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܼܦܲܚܲܡ ܟܝܵܢ ܒܵܪܘܿܝܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܬܼܵܐ\nܘܡܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܡܲܗ ܕܥܲܒܼܕܹܿܢ ܦܸܚܡܹܗ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܕܐܵܘܪܸܒܼ ܀ :ܚܲܕܼ ܡ̣ܢ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ ܨܒܼܵܐ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܘܲܨܒܼܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܛܵܒܼ\nܘܣܵܡ̣ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܒܝܲܕܼ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܕܲܢܦܲܪܢܸܣ ܟܠ ܀ :ܒܝܲܕܼ ܨܼܒܼܝܵܢܹܗ ܣܵܡ̣ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܝܵܐ\nܘܠܲܝܬܿ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܒܹܗ ܡܲܣܲܝܲܟ ܨܸܒܼܝܵܢܵܐܝܼܬܼ ܀","english":"With his being, she was in this renewal,\nnot that she was, but from him she was not hidden. Without beginning, he established for himself this decree,\nand he was as he is after the sacrifice. And if thus she is also true as she is,\nshe is not divided over the action of his being from anything. From anything, he is the being that brings all into existence,\nand in him are hidden all the things that were when they were. He created the world as from his side, the Just One created it,\nand he renewed it before he examined its renewal. With a new sign, his renewal to the will of his love desires in the living,\nand he taught the order of his stability and his creativity. He taught us in these things that he does, because\nhow much he loves us and how much honor he has in his praises. He loves us because he knew that we would labor for him,\nand he renews us and makes many who are not equal. They are not equal, and as much as one says they are not equal,\nthat they might take a high rank and rise above what is made. The Creator is not compared with creatures,\nand let it not be wondered that he makes his likeness through the one who brings. One from the people desired his will and desired good in him,\nand placed his will by means of his will to spread all. By his will he placed the divine will,\nand there is no will that is not in him, extending willfully.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܹܗ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac noun ܐܝܼܬܼܘܼܬܹܗ (ʾīṯūṯeh) means 'his being' or 'his essence,' a key term in Narsai's theological vocabulary for the divine substance. It contrasts with the created order and underscores the Creator's ontological priority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ܙܲܒܼܥܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The word ܙܲܒܼܥܵܐ (zabʿā) means 'sacrifice,' likely referring to the Eucharistic offering or Christ's self‑offering. In Narsai's liturgical context, it connects the renewal of creation to the sacrificial economy.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܪܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ܵܐ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'He created the world' echoes the Genesis creation narrative (Gen 1:1). Narsai reinterprets creation as a prelude to renewal, aligning with the Syriac exegetical tradition that sees creation as a type of the eschaton.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܲܣܥܲܪ","severity":"info","text":"The term ܕܲܣܥܲܪ (d-sʿar) means 'of this renewal,' referring to the eschatological renewal of creation. Narsai's homilies often treat the 'new creation' as a restoration of the primordial state, a theme rooted in Syriac typology.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ܘܐܸܢ ܗܵܟܲܢܵܐ ܗ̄ܝܼ ܐܵܦ ܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"This conditional clause ('And if thus she is also true') marks a rhetorical pivot, introducing a logical qualification about the nature of the renewed being. It structures the argument by contrasting the Creator's unchanging essence with the contingent status of the new creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ܕܐܵܘܪܸܒܼ","severity":"caution","text":"The verb ܕܐܵܘܪܸܒܼ (d-āwreb) is ambiguous: it may mean 'the one who brings' (i.e., the agent of renewal) or 'the one who enters' (a liturgical or Christological figure). The English draft opts for 'the one who brings,' but the Syriac allows both readings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The referent of the feminine pronoun 'she' (ܗ̄ܝܼ) in the first lines is unclear: it may be the 'new creation' or an abstract entity like 'wisdom' or 'grace.' The reading taken treats it as the renewed creation.","The phrase 'from his side' (ܡ̣ܢ ܨܹܐܕܼܵܘܗܝ) could be a spatial metaphor or a reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's side (Gen 2:21–22). The reading taken sees it as a metaphor for emanation.","The verb ܕܐܵܘܪܸܒܼ (d-āwreb) is ambiguous between 'brings' and 'enters'; the English draft chooses 'brings,' but a Christological reading ('the one who enters' as the incarnate Word) is possible."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":":ܒܹܗ ܡܸܬܼܩܲܝܲܡ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܕܙܲܒܢܵܐ ܘܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ\nܘܗܘ̤ـܝܘܼ ܡܕܲܒܲܪ ܠܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܘܲܡܫܲܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܀ :ܗܘ̤ ܙܵܐܹ̇ܢ ܟܠ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܹܝܬܼ ܓܲܙܵܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܕܲܨܒܼܵܐ ܒܹܗ\nܘܗܘ̤ ܡܛܲܟܸܿܣ ܟܠ ܐܲܝܟ ܨܸܒܼܷܵܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܣܵܐܹ̇ܡ ܛܲܟܼܣܵܐ ܀ :ܡܛܲܟܸܿܣ ܟܠܵܐ ܘܡܲܚܸܐ ܠܟܼܠܵܐ ܠܒܼܝܼܕܼ ܒܲܪ ܓܸܢܣܲܢ\nܘܟܲܕܼ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܐܝܼܬܼ ܠܹܗ ܕܲܪܓܼܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܝܵܐ ܀ :ܟܝܵܢܹܗ ܡܲܠܸܦ ܕܪܵܡ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܡܸܢܹܗ ܕܲܪܓܼܵܐ ܕܲܢܣܲܒܼ\nܘܣܵܗܹ̇ܕܼ ܐܵܦ ܗܘ̤ ܕܪܵܡ ܗ̄ܘ̣ ܕܲܪܓܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܘܼܩܵܢܹܗ ܀ :ܬܵܘ ܟܹܝܬܼ ܢܸܬܼܗܲܪ ܒܕܲܪܓܼܵܐ ܕܲܡ̣ܛܵܝܗܝ ܠܓܸܢܣܲܢ ܫܝܼܛܵܐ\nܘܢܸܦܪܘܿܥ ܛܲܝܒܿܘܼ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܕܐܲܪܝܼܡܲܢ ܠܪܵܘܡ̇ܐ ܕܲܫܡܹܗ ܀ :ܬܵܘ ܢܸܬܿܕܲܡܲܪ ܒܚܹܝܠ ܫܘܼܠܛܵܢܵܐ ܕܒܲܪ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܘܼܬܿܢ\nܕܲܡܚܲܕܲܬܼ ܟܠ ܘܕܼܵܐܹ̇ܢ ܟܠܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܡ̇ܪܹܟܿܠ ܀ :ܬܵܘ ܢܸܬܼܡܲܗ ܒܹܗ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܡܸܬܼܚܵܘܸܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܲܪ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ\nܕܕܼܵܢܲܚ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܹܠܝ ܘܲܡܚܲܦܸܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܢܘܼܗܪܵܐ ܒܢܘܼܗܪܹܗ ܀ :ܬܵܘ ܢܸܬܼܥܲܗܲܕܼ ܗܵܝ̇ ܡܲܚܲܬܿܬܵܐ ܕܢܵܚܹ̇ܬܼ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ\nܘܦܵܢܹ̇ܐ ܘܣܵܠܹ̇ܩ ܟܲܕܼ ܐܝܼܬܼ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܀ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܝܼܬܼܵܐ ܐܸܡ̇ܪܹܬܼ ܕܣܵܠ̇ܩܵܐ ܥܲܡ ܣܘܼܠܵܩܹܗ:\nܒܗܵܝ̇ ܕܐܲܣܝܼܪܝܼܢ ܟܠܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܘܚܲܪ݁ܫܹܐ ܒܦܲܓܼܪܹܗ ܘܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܀ :ܬܵܘ ܢܸܬܿܛܲܝܲܒܼ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܛܘܼܝܵܒܼܵܐ ܕܲܡܛܲܝܲܒܼ ܠܲܢ\nܘܲܢܣܲܟܸܿܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܗܵܘ̇ ܣܘܼܟܵܝܐ ܕܲܡܒܲܝܲܐ ܠܲܢ ܀ :ܒܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܢܸܛܲܪ ܪܲܗܒܼܘܿܢ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܗܵܘ̇ ܚܘܼܕܼܵܬܼܵܐ\nܕܠܵܐ ܢܸܬܼܟܲܐܲܪ ܡ̇ܐ ܕܡܸܬܼܚܲܕܿܬܼܝܼܢ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܀","english":"In him the world of the sacrifice is established, and that which is without end. And he governs the earthly and the heavenly. He sows everything from the treasury of him who wills in him, and he arranges everything according to the will of him who sets the order. He arranges all and gives life to all, except the son of the race. And while he is a human, he has a divine rank. His nature teaches that he is high above the rank of the mystery, and he also testifies that he is high, his rank from his foundation. Come then, marvel at the rank that has reached the race of the Son, and repay the favor to him who raised the height of his name. Come then, wonder at the power of the authority of the son of humanity, who renews all and judges all like the Lord. Come then, be astonished at him when he is revealed from the horn of his being, that he shines from silence and hides the light in his light. Come then, remember that descent which descended to earth, and opens and ascends while with him is the whole creation. The whole creation, it is said, ascends with his ascent, in that crowns and seals are bound in his body and his soul. Come then, be pleased with that pleasure which pleases us, and interpret for us that meaning which explains to us. In love, preserve the abundance of the life of that renewal, which is not troubled when heaven and earth are renewed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage describes the governance of the world of the sacrifice and the eternal realm, with a focus on a figure who sows and arranges all things from a divine treasury.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ܕܲܪܓܼܵܐ","severity":"info","text":"The Syriac term 'dargā' (rank) is used repeatedly to denote a hierarchical status, here applied to the son of the race who holds a divine rank despite being human.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ܒܲܪ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܘܼܬܿܢ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'son of humanity' (bar nāšūṯā) echoes New Testament usage, particularly in contexts of Christ's dual nature, though here it may refer to a typological figure.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'crowns and seals' bound in body and soul reflects Syriac liturgical and baptismal imagery, where seals (rāšē) signify initiation and crowns (klīlē) denote victory or ordination.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage employs a series of imperatives ('Come then, marvel... wonder... be astonished... remember... be pleased') that structure the text as a liturgical or homiletic exhortation, guiding the audience through successive responses.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'from the horn of his being' (ܡ̣ܢ ܟܲܪ ܕܐܝܼܬܼܵܘܗܝ) is ambiguous; 'horn' (qarnā) may be a metaphor for power or a specific theological term, but its precise referent is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:dsc-71","label":"source edition: On the New Creation","url":"https://syriaccorpus.org/71"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'son of the race' (bar gensa) is ambiguous; it may refer to Christ, a typological figure, or humanity collectively.","The phrase 'from the horn of his being' is open to interpretation as either a metaphor for divine power or a reference to a specific liturgical or cosmological concept."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]}]}