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Attribution: Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.038.macarius.04, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Christine Luckritz Marquis, So Miyagawa, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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15 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 | L1 Cairene | L2 Kemetic | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⲁϥⲃ̇ⲱⲕ ⲛ̇ϭⲓ̇ⲁ̇ⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ⲡ̇ⲛⲟϭ ϣⲁ ⲁ̇ⲡⲁ ⲁ̇ⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ̇ⲟⲥ | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡ̀ⲛⲓϣϯ ϣⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ | afvōk ǹje apa makarios p̀niṡti ṡa apa antōnios | Abba Macarius the Great went to Abba Antony. |
| 2 | ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲕⲱⲗⲁϩ ⲉ̇ⲡⲣⲟ ⲁ̇ϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲛ̇ⲧⲕ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁϥⲕⲱⲗⲁϩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲓ̀ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲣⲟϥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲛⲓⲙ | ouoh ètafkōlah èp̀ro afì èvol harof pegaf naf je ǹθok nim | And when he had knocked at the door, he [Antony] came to him saying, “Who are you?” |
| 3 | ⲛ̇ⲧⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁ̇ϥⲟⲩⲱ̇ϣⲃ̇ ⲉ̇ϥϫⲱ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁ̇ⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ · | ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ: | ǹθof ḋe aferouō efgō m̀mos je anok p makarios: | And he answered, saying, “I am Macarius.” |
| 4 | ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲁ̇ϥϣ̇ⲧⲁⲙ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲣⲟ ⲁ̇ϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁ̇ϥⲕⲁ̇ⲁϥ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲑⲁⲙ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϥⲭⲁϥ: | ouoh afṡθam ǹp̀ro afvōk èxoun afkaf: | And he [Antony] shut the door, went in, and he left him. |
| 5 | ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉ̇ⲧⲉϥϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲁ̇ϥⲟⲩⲱ̇ⲛ ⲛⲁϥ | ⲉⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉϥϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⲛⲁϥ | etafnav ḋe ètefhipomony afouōn naf | When he [Antony] saw his [Macarius’s] endurance, he opened [the door] to him. |
| 6 | ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲁ̇ϥⲟⲩⲣⲟⲧ ⲛⲙ̇ⲙⲁϥ ⲉ̇ϥϫⲱ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓ̇ⲥ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲟⲩⲟ̇ⲉⲓ̇ϣ ⲉⲓ̇ⲟⲩⲱ̇ϣ ⲉ̇ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲓ̇ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̇ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̇ⲧⲃⲏⲏ̇ⲧⲕ̇ | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲣⲟⲧ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲕ | ouoh afourot nemaf efgō m̀mos je is ouniṡti ǹsyou eiouōṡ enav èrok aisōtem ġar eθvytk | And he rejoiced with him, saying, “Behold, a long time I have desired to see you, for I have heard about you.” |
| 7 | ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲁ̇ϥϣⲟⲡϥ̇ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟϥ ϩⲛ̇ⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲓ̇ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁϥϯ̇ⲙ̇ⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̇ⲧⲁϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̇ϩⲉⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̇ϩⲓ̇ⲥⲉ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲟⲡϥ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲙⲁⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁϥϯⲙ̀ⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁϥⲓ̀ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ϧⲓⲥⲓ: | ouoh afṡopf èrof xen oum̀ntmairōme aftim̀ton naf ètafì ġar èvol xen hanniṡti ǹxisi: | And he received him kindly and made him rest because of his great labors. |
| 8 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲇⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁ̇ⲁ̇ⲡⲁ ⲁ̇ⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ϩⲱⲣⲡ̇ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̇ϩⲛ̇ⲕⲟⲩⲓ̇ ⲛ̇ⲃⲏⲧ | ⲉ̀ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ ⲇⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲁⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲛⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲃⲏⲧ | ètarouhi ḋe ṡōpi aapa antōnios hōrp naf ǹhankouji ǹvyt | When evening came, Abba Antony soaked some small palm branches. |
| 9 | ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲁ̇ⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ̇ ⲛⲁⲓ̇ ⲧⲁϩⲱⲣⲡ̇ ⲛⲁⲓ̇ ⲙⲁⲩⲁ̇ⲁⲧ | ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲓⲛ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧⲧ | peje apa makarios naf je erkelevin nyi tahōrp nyi mmavatt | Abba Macarius said to him, “Allow me to soak some for myself.” |
| 10 | ⲛ̇ⲧⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲱⲣⲡ̇ | ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ϩⲱⲣⲡ | ǹθof ḋe pegaf je hōrp | He [Antony] said, “Soak.” |
| 11 | ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲁ̇ϥⲧⲁⲙⲓ̇ⲟ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̇ϣⲟⲗ ⲛ̇ⲃⲏⲧ ⲁ̇ϥϩⲟⲡϥ̇ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲟ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ϣⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲃⲏⲧ ⲁϥϩⲟⲡϥ: | ouoh afθamio ǹouniṡti ǹṡol ǹvyt afhopf: | And he [Macarius] created a large bundle of palms and he soaked it. |
| 12 | ⲁ̇ⲩϩ̇ⲙⲟⲟ̇ⲥ ⲁ̇ⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉ̇ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϯ̇ϩ̇ⲏⲩ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ | ⲁⲩϩⲉⲙⲥⲓ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϯϩⲏⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲯⲩⲭⲏ | avhemsi avsaji èt̀m̀ntreftihyv ǹt̀psiṡy | And they sat and talked about what is profitable to the soul. |
| 13 | ϫⲓ̇ⲛⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̇ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲁ̇ⲩⲛⲟⲃⲧⲟⲩ · ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲧ̇ⲛⲏⲃⲧⲉ ⲁ̇ⲥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̇ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ̇ⲡⲉⲥⲡⲩⲗⲩⲟ̇ⲛ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓ̇ⲧⲙ̇ⲡ̇ϣⲟⲩϣ̇ⲧ̇ · | ϫⲓⲛⲛⲡ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ ⲁⲩⲛⲟⲃⲧⲟⲩ: ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲧ̀ⲛⲏⲃⲧⲉ ⲁⲥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲥⲡⲩⲗⲩⲟⲛ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ϣⲟⲩϣⲧ: | jinnp̀nav ǹrouhi avnovtou: ouoh t̀nyvte asvōk èpesyt èp̀·spilion èvol hiten p̀ṡouṡt: | From the evening hour onward, they wove, and the plaits went down from the cave through the window. |
| 14 | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̇ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ̇ ⲛ̇ϭⲓ̇ⲡ̇ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ⲁ̇ⲡⲁ ⲁ̇ⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ⲁ̇ϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̇ⲡⲁϣⲁⲓ̇ ⲛ̇ⲧ̇ⲛⲏⲃⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲥ | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡⲁ̀ϣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲛⲏⲃⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ | afvōk èxoun èhtooue ǹje p̀makarios apa antōnios afnav èpàṡai ǹt̀nyvte ǹapa makarios | In the morning, the blessed Abba Antony went in and saw the great quantity of Abba Macarius’s palms. |
| 15 | ⲁ̇ϥⲣ̇ϣ̇ⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲁϥϯ̇ⲡⲓⲉ̇ⲛϭⲓ̇ϫ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲥ ⲉ̇ϥϫⲱ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲁ̇ϩⲁϩ ⲛ̇ϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲓ̇ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̇ⲛⲉⲓ̇ϭⲓ̇ϫ · | ⲁϥⲉⲣϣⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϯⲫⲓⲛ̀ϫⲓϫ ⲛ̀ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ϫⲟⲙ ⲓ̀ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁⲓϫⲓϫ: | aferṡfyri ouoh aftifiǹjig ǹapa makarios efgō m̀mos je ahah ǹgom ì èvol xen naijig: | He was amazed and he kissed Macarius’s hands, saying, “Great power comes from these hands.” |
Provenance
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.038.macarius.04
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.038.macarius.04, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Christine Luckritz Marquis, So Miyagawa, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation checked · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.038.macarius.04.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 — Cairene
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from AP.038.macarius.04.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.038.macarius.04)
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.038.macarius.04, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Christine Luckritz Marquis, So Miyagawa, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation checked · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- generated by
- tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier a, 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: stroke_kept=1 stroke_unified=1 tokens=129
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.038.macarius.04.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 — Kemetic
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from AP.038.macarius.04.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.038.macarius.04, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Christine Luckritz Marquis, So Miyagawa, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation checked · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- generated by
- tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.038.macarius.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
- 15 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Christine Luckritz Marquis — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM AP, AP.038.macarius.04 (15 lines)
L0 witness
L1 Cairene
L2 Kemetic
English
Cite as:
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.038.macarius.04. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/apophthegmata-patrum/ap.038.macarius.04.sahidic.scriptorium/. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 038 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.038.macarius.04, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Christine Luckritz Marquis, So Miyagawa, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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.