Source and licence
share: attributionsahidicSource: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 70_Wisdom_05
Attribution: Wisdom 5 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_05, 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
24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5:1 | ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲙⲡⲁⲣϩⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲑⲗⲓⲃⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲁⲑⲉⲧⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϥϩⲓⲥⲉ | Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours. |
| 5:2 | ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲥⲉϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲥⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲛⲥⲉⲡⲱϣⲥ ⲉϫⲛⲧⲙⲟⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ | When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for. |
| 5:3 | ⲛⲥⲉϫⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲗⲱϫϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ϫⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲥⲱϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲉϥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲛⲟϭⲛⲉϭ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲑⲏⲧ | And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: |
| 5:4 | ⲉⲛⲱⲡ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲁϩⲉ ⲉⲩⲗⲓⲃⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲥⲱϣ | We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour: |
| 5:5 | ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲁⲩⲟⲡϥ ϩⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϥⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints! |
| 5:6 | ⲉⲉⲓⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲛⲡⲗⲁⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡϥϣⲁ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲧⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲣⲏ ⲙⲡϥⲡⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ | Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us. |
| 5:7 | ⲁⲛⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲛⲉⲛϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲁⲛⲃⲱⲕ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲛϫⲁⲓⲉ ⲉⲙⲉⲩⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲥ | We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it. |
| 5:8 | ⲛⲧⲁⲥϯⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲛϭⲓⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧϫⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ⲏ ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲙⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲃⲁⲃⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲥϯⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲛ | What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us? |
| 5:9 | ⲁⲛⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲱ ⲉⲁϥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ | All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by; |
| 5:10 | ⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲟⲓ ⲉϥⲥϭⲏⲣ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲉⲓⲙ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲙⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϭⲛⲛⲉϥⲧⲁϭⲥⲉ ⲏ ⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲧⲟⲡ ϩⲛⲛϩⲟⲉⲓⲙ | And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves; |
| 5:11 | ⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ⲉⲁϥϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲙⲉⲩϭⲛⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϥϩⲓⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲧⲛϩ ⲉⲡⲁⲏⲣ ⲉⲧⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲡⲱϩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ϩⲙⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓ ⲉϥⲕⲓⲙ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲧⲛϩ ⲉϥϩⲏⲗ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲉⲙⲉⲩϭⲛⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found; |
| 5:12 | ⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲁⲩⲛⲟϫϥ ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲉⲁϥⲡⲉϩⲡⲁⲏⲣ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲧⲱϭⲉ ⲉⲙⲉⲩⲥⲟⲩⲛⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲏ | Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through: |
| 5:13 | ⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ϩⲱⲱⲛ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲁⲩϫⲡⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲱϫⲛ ⲙⲡⲛϩⲉ ⲉⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness. |
| 5:14 | ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲛⲕⲁⲕⲓⲁ ⲁⲛⲧⲁⲕⲟ | For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day. |
| 5:15 | ϫⲉⲑⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲥⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣϩⲓϭ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲧⲏⲩ ϥⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲥ ⲉϥϣⲟⲟⲙⲉ ⲉⲁⲩⲑⲗⲟϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲧⲏⲩ ⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁⲡⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲩϩⲁⲧⲏⲩ ⲃⲟⲗϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲙⲛϭⲟⲉⲓⲗⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲉⲁϥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ | But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. |
| 5:16 | ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲱⲛϩ ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲩⲃⲉⲕⲉ ϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲩⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ ϩⲁⲧⲙ ⲡⲉⲧϫⲟⲥⲉ | Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them. |
| 5:17 | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲡⲥⲁ ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩϭⲣⲏⲡⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲥⲱⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϫⲉϥⲛⲁⲣϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲛϥⲣⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲙⲡⲉϥϭⲃⲟⲓ | He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies. |
| 5:18 | ϥⲛⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲡⲁⲛϩⲟⲡⲗⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲕⲱϩ ⲛϥϩⲟⲕϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲧⲓⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲡϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ ⲛⲛϫⲁϫⲉ | He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet. |
| 5:19 | ϥⲛⲁϯ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲙⲫⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ ⲛϥϯ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲛⲧⲡⲉⲣⲓⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲁⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲣⲓⲥⲓⲥ ⲁϫⲛϩⲩⲡⲟⲕⲣⲓⲥⲓⲥ | He shall take holiness for an invincible shield. |
| 5:20 | ϥⲛⲁϫⲓ ⲙⲡϩⲟⲡⲗⲟⲛ ⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲙⲡⲧⲃⲃⲟ | His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise. |
| 5:21 | ϥⲛⲁϫⲱⲣ ⲛⲧⲥⲏϥⲉ ⲛⲧⲉϥⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲛⲁⲑⲏⲧ | Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark. |
| 5:22 | ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲥⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲛ[ⲉⲃ]ⲣⲏϭⲉ ⲛⲥⲉϥ[ⲱϭⲉ] ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲕⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲟⲩ[ⲧⲛ] ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲓⲧⲉ ⲉⲥⲥⲟⲙⲧ | And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them. |
| 5:23 | ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲭⲁⲗⲁⲍⲁ ⲉⲩⲙⲉϩ ⲛϭⲱⲛⲧ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲕⲱⲛⲉ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲛⲁϩⲱⲃⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲟⲙⲥⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ | Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. |
| 5:24 | ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲁϯⲟⲩⲃⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲟⲩϩⲁⲧⲏⲩ ϣⲁϣⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲁⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁⲣⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛϫⲁⲉⲓⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲣϣⲣ ⲛⲉⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲇⲩⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲥ | draft · highA mighty wind will stand against them, and like a whirlwind it will winnow them away; lawlessness will make the whole earth a desert, and evildoing will overturn the thrones of rulers. |
Provenance
- title
- Wisdom 5
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 70_Wisdom_05
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Wisdom 5 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_05, 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/Wisdom/05.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
- 23 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, 70_Wisdom_05 (23 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Wisdom 5. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 70_Wisdom_05. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/wisdom/05.sahidic.scriptorium/. Wisdom 5 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_05, 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
L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
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).
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.
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.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.