Isaiah 18 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 23_Isaiah_18

Attribution: Isaiah 18 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 23_Isaiah_18, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	English
18:1	ⲟⲩⲟⲓ̈ ⲛ̄ⲛ̄ⲧ︤ⲛ︦ϩ︥ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉϫⲏⲩ ⲙ̄ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉϭⲟⲟϣ	Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.
18:2	ⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ϩⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲉⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲛ̄ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲓϫ︤ⲙ︥ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲃⲁⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉⲩⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲟⲩϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲉϥϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ϣ︤ⲙ︥ⲙⲟ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣ︤ⲧ︥ ⲛⲁⲧϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲉⲁⲩⲑ︤ⲃ︥ⲃⲓⲟϥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲓ̈ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲡⲕⲁϩ	He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.
18:3	ⲛⲁⲣ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲉⲥϭⲟⲣ︤ϭ︥ ⲧⲉⲩⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲛⲁϭⲱⲣ︤ϭ︥ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲩϥⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲥⲟⲧⲙⲉϥ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁⲗⲡⲓⲅ︤ⲝ︥	Now all the rivers of the land shall be inhabited as an inhabited country; their land shall be as when a signal is raised from a mountain; it shall be audible as the sound of a trumpet.
18:4	ϫⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲱⲣ︤ϫ︥ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲁⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡⲕⲁⲩⲙⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲛⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲙⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲕⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ ⲛ̄ⲓ̈ⲱⲧⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲡⲱϩ︤ⲥ︥	For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.
18:5	ϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙ̄ⲡⲱϩ︤ⲥ︥ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲛⲉϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ ⲗⲟ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲉⲗⲉⲗϩⲏⲙ︤ϫ︥ ϥⲛⲁϯⲟⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩϯⲟⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ⲉⲗⲉⲗϩⲏⲙ︤ϫ︥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁϫⲱⲱⲗⲉ ⲛ̄ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ̈ ⲛ̄ⲥⲙⲁϩ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲛ̄ⲟϩ︤ⲥ︥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲩϣ︤ⲗ︦ϩ︥ ⲛ︤ϥ︥ϭⲉϫϭⲱϫⲟⲩ	Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;
18:6	ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ̄ⲛ̄ϩⲁⲗⲁⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲡⲉ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲉⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ϭⲓⲛ̄ϩⲁⲗⲁⲧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̄ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϫⲱϥ	And he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.
18:7	ϩ︤ⲙ︥ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧ︤ⲙ︥ⲙⲁⲩ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲧⲁⲗⲉ ⲛ̄ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ̄ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲉϥϩⲉϫϩⲱϫ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲧⲱⲗ︤ⲕ︥ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϫⲓⲛⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲟⲩϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲛⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲑ︤ⲃ︥ⲃⲓⲏⲩ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲁ ⲙ̄ⲡⲓ̈ⲉⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁⲩⲉⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ⲥⲓⲱⲛ	In that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people afflicted and peeled, and from a people great from henceforth and for ever; a nation hoping and yet trodden down, which is in a part of a river of his land, to the place where is the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Sion.

Provenance

title: Isaiah 18
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 23_Isaiah_18
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Isaiah 18 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 23_Isaiah_18, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Isaiah/18.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 7 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 23_Isaiah_18 (7 lines)

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Isaiah 18. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 23_Isaiah_18. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/isaiah/18.sahidic.scriptorium/. Isaiah 18 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 23_Isaiah_18, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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