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Attribution: Sirach 33 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_33, 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.
Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
The text
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 33:1 | ⲛⲁⲛⲁⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ | There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him. |
| 33:2 | ⲛⲅϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉϫⲱⲛ ⲛⲅⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉϫⲛⲛϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm. |
| 33:3 | ⲛⲅϥⲓ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉϫⲛⲛϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕϭⲟⲙ | A man of understanding trusteth in the law; and the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle. |
| 33:4 | ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲕⲧⲃⲃⲟ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲁⲓⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer. |
| 33:5 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲅ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲅ ϫⲉⲙⲙⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲃⲃⲗⲗⲁⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | The heart of the foolish is like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree. |
| 33:6 | ⲁⲣⲓϩⲛⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲃⲣⲣⲉ ⲛⲅϣⲓⲃⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲕϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him. |
| 33:8 | ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩⲛⲉⲥⲡⲉⲕϭⲱⲛⲧ ⲛⲅⲡⲱϩⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲟⲣⲅⲏ | By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts. |
| 33:9 | ⲛⲅⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲃⲏⲕ ⲛⲅⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ ⲙⲡϫⲁϫⲉ | Some of them hath he made high days, and hallowed them, and some of them hath he made ordinary days. |
| 33:10 | [...] ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲅⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲧⲱϣ [ⲁ]ⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩϫⲱ ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲛⲟϭ | And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth: |
| 33:11 | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲛⲕⲱϩⲧ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲉⲧⲑⲙⲕⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛϥⲛⲁⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲁⲛ | In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their ways diverse. |
| 33:12 | ⲟⲩⲱϣϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲙⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲃⲗⲗⲁⲛ | Some of them hath he blessed and exalted and some of them he sanctified, and set near himself: but some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned out of their places. |
| 33:13 | ⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲉⲫⲩⲗⲏ ⲛⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲉϥⲣⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲧⲛ ⲉϫⲛϩⲛϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲉϥⲛⲁϥⲓ ⲡⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ | As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best. |
Provenance
- title
- Sirach 33
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_33
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Sirach 33 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_33, 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/33.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
- 12 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, 71_Sirach_33 (12 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Sirach 33. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_33. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/sirach/33.sahidic.scriptorium/. Sirach 33 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_33, 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.