Tobit 4 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 67_Tobit_04

Attribution: Tobit 4 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 67_Tobit_04, 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	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
4:13	[...] ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧϫⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϭⲣⲱ ϩⲙⲛⲡϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ϩⲛⲧⲙ̄ⲛⲧⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲗⲟⲓⲙⲟⲥ	[…] ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲙⲉⲧϭⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϭⲣⲱ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϣⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲑ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲗⲟⲓⲙⲟⲥ	[…] enaṡōf ǹt̀metċasihyt ouoh peċrō xen ǹp̀ṡōt etnaṡōf xen t̀metatṡav ġar θ̀mav ḋe ǹp̀loimos	Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine.
4:14	ⲡⲃⲉⲕⲉ ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣϩⲱⲃ ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲕ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣϥⲱⲥⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲩ[...]	ⲡ̀ⲃⲉⲭⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ϧⲁⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲙ̀ⲡⲣⲧⲣϥⲱⲥⲕ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲏⲓϥ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲩ[…]	p̀veke ǹrōmi niven etnaerhōb xatotk m̀prtrfōsk ǹtotk alla tyif naf ǹtev[…]	Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
4:16	ⲛⲁⲣϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲁⲣⲓϥ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲕⲃⲁⲗ ⲫⲑⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲛⲁ	ⲛⲁⲉⲣϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲁ̀ⲣⲓϥ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲑⲛⲁⲏⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉⲡⲉⲕⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲣⲫⲑⲟⲛⲓⲛ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲉ̀ⲓⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲛⲁⲏⲧ	naerhouo èrok tyrf àrif ǹmeθnayt ouoh mpenθrepekval erfθonin èrok èiri ǹoumeθnayt	Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and according to thine abundance give alms: and let not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms.
4:17	ⲛⲅⲧⲙⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ	ⲛ̀ⲕϣⲧⲉⲙⲧⲏⲓⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ	ǹkṡtemtyiou ǹǹrefernovi	Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked.
4:18	ϫⲓϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲙⲛⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲁⲧⲁⲫⲣⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲛⲥⲃⲱ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲡⲟⲩⲟⲩ	ϫⲓϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲥⲁⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣⲕⲁⲧⲁⲫⲣⲟⲛⲓⲛ ⲛ̀ⲥ̀ⲃⲱ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲁⲡⲟⲩⲟⲩ	jiṡogne nem save niven ouoh m̀pererkatafronin ǹs̀vō niven tetenapouou	Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.
4:19	ⲛⲅⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲅⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲕϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲛⲧϥϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ϥⲛⲁⲑⲃⲃⲓⲟϥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲡⲉⲧⲉϩⲛⲁϥ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲣⲓⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲧⲣⲉⲩϥⲱⲧⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ	ⲛ̀ⲕⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲥⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲕⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉ ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧ̀ϥⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲛ̀ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ϥ̀ⲛⲁⲑⲃⲃⲓⲟϥ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ϩⲛⲁϥ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲁ̀ⲣⲓⲫ̀ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲧⲣⲉⲟⲩϥⲱϯ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ	ǹk·s̀mou èp̀ċois f̀nouti ǹouoeiṡ niven ǹtekaitei m̀mof hina èrenekmōit souten ouoh nekmōit tyrou nem nek·soċni tyrou ǹtousouten èvol je heθnos niven nem t̀fsoċni m̀mav alla ǹθof p̀ċois petti ǹaġaθon niven ouoh petefouaṡf f̀naθvviof kata pète hnaf tinou oun paṡyri àrif̀mevi ǹnentoly ouoh ǹpertreoufōti èvol xen pek·hyt	Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.
4:20	ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲉⲡⲙⲏⲧ ⲛϭⲓⲛϭⲱⲣ ⲛϩⲁⲧ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϭⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲅⲁⲃⲁⲏⲗ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲁ ϩⲛϩⲣⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲙⲏⲇⲓⲁ	ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲛ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲙⲏⲧ ⲛ̀ϫⲓⲛϭⲱⲣ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲧ ⲉⲧⲁⲓϭⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲅⲁⲃⲁⲏⲗ ⲡ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲁⲃⲣⲓⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲣⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲧⲙⲏⲇⲓⲁ	tinou oun titamo m̀mok èp̀myt ǹjinċōr ǹhat etaiċalōou eġabayl p̀ṡyri ǹtekavria xen hraġos ǹte tmydia	And now I signify this to they that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media.
4:21	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲓⲣϩⲏⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲛϩⲁϩ ⲅⲁⲣ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲅⲥⲁϩⲱⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲕⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲣϩⲏⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϩⲁϩ ⲅⲁⲣ ϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲕϣⲁⲛⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲥⲁϩⲱⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲕⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲁⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ	ouoh m̀pererhoti paṡyri je airhyke ouon hah ġar ṡop nak akṡanerhoti hytf ǹf̀nouti ouoh ǹtek·sahōōk èvol ǹnovi niven ekìri ǹpeteranaf ǹpefm̀θo èvol	And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.

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title: Tobit 4
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 67_Tobit_04
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Tobit 4 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 67_Tobit_04, 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/Tobit/04.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Tobit 4 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 04.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 67_Tobit_04)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Tobit 4 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 67_Tobit_04, 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)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: editorial_lacuna=2 stroke_kept=2 stroke_unified=2 tokens=115
file: Bible/Old Testament/Tobit/04.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Tobit 4 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 04.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Tobit 4 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 67_Tobit_04, 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)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Tobit/04.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.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: 8 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, 67_Tobit_04 (8 lines)

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Tobit 4. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 67_Tobit_04. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/tobit/04.sahidic.scriptorium/. Tobit 4 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 67_Tobit_04, 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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L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
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).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.