Sirach 42 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_42

Attribution: Sirach 42 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_42, 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
42:1	ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲁⲕⲥⲟⲧⲙⲉϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛϭⲗⲡϩⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲩϩⲏⲡ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲕϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲡⲓⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲡⲣϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣϫⲓϩⲟ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ	Or of iterating and speaking again that which thou hast heard; and of revealing of secrets. So shalt thou be truly shamefaced and find favour before all men. Of these things be not thou ashamed, and accept no person to sin thereby:
42:2	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ ⲙⲛⲧⲇⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓⲉⲡⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ	Of the law of the most High, and his covenant; and of judgment to justify the ungodly;
42:3	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲓ[ⲛⲱⲛⲟⲥ ...]ϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡϯ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ [...]	Of reckoning with thy partners and travellers; or of the gift of the heritage of friends;
42:4	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩⲁⲕⲣⲓⲃⲓⲁ ⲙⲙⲁϣⲉ ⲙⲛϩⲛϣⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉϫⲡⲉϩⲁϩ ϩⲓⲕⲟⲩⲓ	Of exactness of balance and weights; or of getting much or little;
42:5	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲓϣⲓⲃⲉ ⲛϯⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲉϣ[ⲱⲧ] ⲉⲧⲃⲉϯⲟⲩⲥⲃⲱ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲥ ⲛϩⲉⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧϩⲓⲉⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲛⲛⲥⲡⲓⲣⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉϥϩⲟⲟⲩ	And of merchants' indifferent selling; of much correction of children; and to make the side of an evil servant to bleed.
42:6	ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩⲥⲫⲣⲁⲅⲓⲥ ⲉϫⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲥϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲧⲙⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛϭⲓϫ	Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
42:7	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲅϯⲡⲉⲧⲕⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲏⲡⲉ ⲙⲛⲟⲩϣⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϫⲓ ⲙⲛⲡϯ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	Deliver all things in number and weight; and put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.
42:8	ⲉⲧⲃⲉϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲑⲏⲧ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟϭ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩϩⲗⲗⲟ ⲉϥϫⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩⲡⲟⲣⲛⲓⲁ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲕϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ ⲉⲕⲧⲥⲁⲃⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕⲥⲟⲧⲡ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲟⲛϩ	Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: thus shalt thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living.
42:9	ⲟⲩⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲛⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲥϩⲏⲡ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ ⲥⲁϩⲉⲫⲓⲛⲏⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲥϩⲛⲧⲉⲥⲙⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϫⲉⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲣⲛⲟϭ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲁⲥϫⲓϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛϥⲙⲉⲥⲧⲱⲥ	A daughter is a wakeful care to a father; and the care for her taketh away sleep: when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age; and being married, lest she should be hated:
42:10	[ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ]ⲥϫⲱϩⲙ ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲙⲛⲧⲣⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ [... ...] ϩⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ [ⲁⲩⲱ] ⲉⲁⲥϫⲓϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲁ [ⲁ]ⲩⲱ ⲉⲥϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲣⲁϭⲣⲏⲛ	In her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child in her father's house; and having an husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
42:11	ⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲩϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲛⲁϣⲧⲙⲙⲉ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲧⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲉ ⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲥϯϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱϥ	Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, lest she make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.
42:12	ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲓⲱⲣⲙ ⲛⲥⲁⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲛⲉⲥⲱϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲛⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲛϩⲛⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ	Behold not every body's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
42:13	ⲉϣⲁⲣⲉⲑⲟⲟⲗⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲧⲉ	For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness.
42:14	ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲟϭⲛⲉϭ ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲥϯϣⲓⲡⲉ	Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.
42:15	ϯⲛⲁⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲁϫⲱ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥϣⲁϫⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉϥϩⲁⲡ	I will now remember the works of the Lord, and declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.
42:16	ⲡⲣⲏ ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲧϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲫⲱⲃ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲉϩ ϩⲛⲡⲉϥⲉⲟⲟⲩ	The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
42:17	ⲙⲡⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϯⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲉ[.........] ⲛⲉϥϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧ[ⲱⲣ ... ] ⲉⲧⲁϫⲣⲉⲡⲧⲏⲣϥ ϩⲛⲡⲉϥⲉⲟⲟⲩ	The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
42:18	ⲁϥϩⲉⲧϩⲧⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲛⲫⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥⲙⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩⲕϥ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥⲥⲃⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲥⲩⲛⲉⲓⲇⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ	He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he beholdeth the signs of the world.
42:19	ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϭⲱⲗⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ {ⲙ}ⲛⲛⲉⲧϩⲏⲡ	He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and revealeth the steps of hidden things.
42:20	ⲙⲡⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲥⲁⲁⲧϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ϩⲱⲡ ⲉⲣⲟϥ	No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him.
42:21	ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲛ{ϩⲛ}ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ϥϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲛⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲙⲡϥⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲁϥϭⲱϫⲃ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡϥⲁϩⲉ ⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲉϥϫⲓϣⲟϫⲛⲉ	He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting to everlasting: unto him may nothing be added, neither can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
42:22	ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉϥϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲟⲧⲡ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲁⲡⲧⲣⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲁ(?)ⲩϯⲕ	Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.
42:23	ⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲟⲛϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛϣⲁ ⲛⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲛⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ	All these things live and remain for ever for all uses, and they are all obedient.
42:24	ⲥⲉⲟ ⲛⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡϥⲕⲁⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲉϥϣⲁⲁⲧ	All things are double one against another: and he hath made nothing imperfect.
42:25	ⲁϥⲧⲁϫⲣⲉⲟⲩⲁ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲉⲟⲩⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲥⲉⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲉⲟⲟⲩ	One thing establisheth the good or another: and who shall be filled with beholding his glory?

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title: Sirach 42
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_42
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Sirach 42 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_42, 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/42.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: 25 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_42 (25 lines)

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Sirach 42. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 71_Sirach_42. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/sirach/42.sahidic.scriptorium/. Sirach 42 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 71_Sirach_42, 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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