Chapter 11
By this authority then, I, Zarathustra, by the power of I’hua’Mazda, reveal the created creations.
Ormazd created a good creation. First, the land and water and firm things; out of the unseen and void He created them. Second, the heavenly lights; and the heat and the cold everywhere. Third, all living animals, fish, and birds. Fourth, man and woman.
Then Ormazd spoke through His Son, Vivanho, saying: Speech! Voice! Words! And man and woman were the only talking animals created in all the created world.
Ormazd then created death, Anra’mainyus; creating him with seven heads. First vanity (uk), then tattling (owow), then worthlessness (hoe’zee), then lying (ugs’ga), then incurable wickedness (hiss’ce), then evil inventions for evil (bowh-hiss), then king and leader (daevas).
Ormazd then created association (clans) by words bringing men together, Haroyu.
Ormazd then created habitations (oke’a); and then He created dwelling-places for the Gods, Varena; with four good corners and four evil corners He created them.
And Ormazd created sustenance for the living and the dead, haoma. Then He created the boon of rest, for the weary, haraquaiti. After that He created sweet-smelling and rich-growing pastures (meadows), Urva.
And Ormazd created combination (unity), which is strength, chakhra. Then power to receive knowledge, haden’amazd.
Ormazd then created the holy day (rak). Then He made the four signs of the moon, Uk’git, E’git, Ki’git and M’git, for all holiness.
And He said: Six days you shall labor, O man; and worship on the seventh, because they are the moon’s times.
Then Ormazd, the Creator, created the power to live without kings, like the I’hins in the east, and the name of this power He created was Ranha. ||
Then spoke I’hua’Mazda to Zarathustra, the All Pure, saying: To attain to Ranha; how to attain to Ranha; this, then, is the holy Mazdian law:
Ormazd shall be King, and you shall acknowledge no other. He shall be your All Highest love forever, and above all other loves.
You shall disown all other rulers, kings, queens, Lords, and Gods.
You shall not bow down in reverence except to Ormazd your Creator.
You shall covenant yourself to your Creator every day, and teach your children to do so also.
You shall keep holy the four moon days, for they are the change of watch of the Gods and angels over man.
You shall not kill what your Creator created alive.
You shall love your father next to your Creator, and obey his voice, and honor your mother, because she brought you forth by the will of your Creator.
You shall not allow your desires to lead you after woman.
You shall not take that which is another’s.
You shall not be vain, for nothing is yours.
You shall not speak untruth.
You shall not talk about your neighbor behind his back, for Ormazd hears you, and the angels will go tell your neighbor’s soul what you have said.
You shall not be idle or lazy, or your flesh will become weak and bear down your soul.
You shall not envy, nor harbor hatred against any man, woman or child.
You shall not reprove any man or woman for their evil, for they are the Creator’s.
You shall reprove your own child, and teach him the right way.
You shall not lie with your wife during pregnancy.
You shall not marry any of your kin, except beyond the fifth generation.
You shall not take to wife a woman of unclean habits.
You shall not commit the self-habit.
You shall not desire of your neighbor more than you would give.
You shall fast one day of the fourth moon all your life, neither eating fish nor flesh, nor bread nor fruit; nor shall anything but water enter your mouth.
One whole year of your life you shall dwell with the poor, live with the poor, sleep with the poor, begging for alms for the poor.