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Attribution: Sirach 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_12, 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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The text
17 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.
| ref | L0 witness | English |
|---|---|---|
| 12:1 | ⲉⲕϣⲁ[ⲛⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛ]ⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲧⲁⲣⲉ...[ϣ]ⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲕⲁⲅ[ⲁⲑⲟⲛ] | When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits. |
| 12:2 | ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲡⲣⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ [ⲧⲁ]ⲣⲉⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ | Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High. |
| 12:3 | ⲙⲛⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲧⲁϣⲉⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛϥϯⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁ ⲁⲛ | There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms. |
| 12:4 | ϯ ⲙⲡⲣⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲧⲙϣⲱⲡ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲙⲡⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ | Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner. |
| 12:5 | ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲑⲃⲃⲓⲏⲩ ⲛⲅⲧⲙϯ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ϫⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲅⲧⲙⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲕⲛⲁϭⲛϩⲛⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲩⲕⲏⲃ ϩⲛⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲕⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϥ | Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for else thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him. |
| 12:6 | ϫⲉⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ ϩⲱⲱϥ ⲁϥⲙⲉⲥⲧⲉⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲃⲁ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ | For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment. |
| 12:8 | ⲡⲉⲕϣⲃⲏⲣⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲕⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲉⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲕⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. |
| 12:9 | ϣⲁⲣⲉⲛϫⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲗⲩⲡⲓ ⲉϥϩⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲉϥϣⲃⲏⲣⲕⲁⲁϥ ϩⲛⲡⲉϥⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart. |
| 12:10 | ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ ⲅⲁⲣ ϣⲁϥⲣϣⲏⲃⲉ | Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness. |
| 12:11 | ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲉⲣⲉϫⲱϥⲃⲏϩ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲙⲁϯϩⲧⲏⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϥⲱⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲓⲁⲗ ⲛⲅⲉⲓⲙⲉ ϫⲉⲙⲡϥⲣϣⲏⲃⲉ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ | Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away. |
| 12:12 | ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲁϩⲟϥ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲁⲧⲏⲕ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛϥⲧⲁϭⲛⲉⲕ ⲛϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϫⲛⲡⲉⲕⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲣⲑⲙⲟⲟϥ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉⲕⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲕⲛⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲑⲁⲏ ⲛⲅⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲛⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲉ | Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith. |
| 12:13 | ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲉϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲫⲟϥⲗⲟⲕⲥϥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲉⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ | Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts? |
| 12:14 | ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲧⲏϩ ⲉⲛⲉϥⲛⲟⲃⲉ | So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity? |
| 12:15 | ϥⲛⲁϭⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲕ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲱ | For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry. |
| 12:16 | ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡϫⲁϫⲉⲕⲱⲣϣ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲛⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲟϭⲛⲉⲕ ⲉⲩϩⲓⲉⲓⲧ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡϫⲁϫⲉⲣⲓⲙⲉ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛ | An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood. |
| 12:17 | ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛ... | draft · guessIf [...] |
| 12:18 | [ϥⲛⲁ]ⲕⲓⲙ ϭⲓϫ ⲛϥⲉϣϣⲙϣⲏϭⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲛϥⲉⲕⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲟ | He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance. |
Provenance
- title
- Sirach 12
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_12
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Sirach 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_12, 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/Sirach/12.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
- 16 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 71_Sirach_12 (16 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Sirach 12. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_12. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/sirach/12.sahidic.scriptorium/. Sirach 12 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_12, 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.
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.