Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10)

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.040.syncletica.08

Attribution: Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.040.syncletica.08, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Dana Robinson, Caroline T. Schroeder, 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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1ⲛ̇ϩⲩⲇⲟⲛⲏ ⲉ̇ⲧⲥⲏϣ ⳾ⲛ̀ϩⲩⲇⲟⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲥⲏϣ ⳾ǹhiḋony etsyṡ ⳾…shameful pleasures.
2ⲛⲁⲓ̇ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲥ̇ⲙⲛ̇ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⳾ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲙⲛⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⳾nai ne etavsmnnomos nan èrōou ⳾These are the ones against which a law has been established for us.
3ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲁ̇ⲡϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲧ̇ⲣⲉⲛⲁⲓ̇ ⲣ̇ⲁ̇ⲧϭⲟⲙ ⲛ̇ⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲛ ⳾ ⲡ̇ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲩⲟ̇ ⲡⲉ ·ⲻⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲁ ⲡ̀ϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲑⲣⲉⲛⲁⲓ ⲣⲁⲧϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲁⲛ ⳾ ⲡ̀ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲩⲟ̀ ⲡⲉ: ⲻeṡōp ḋe a p̀ṡōni θrenai ratċom nahran ⳾ p̀·saji ouhouò pe: ⲻBut if illness makes these things powerless before us, the word is superfluous.
4ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ϯϫⲱ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲥ ⳾ ϫⲉⲟⲩϩⲟⲩⲟ̇ ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ·ⲻⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ϯϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ⳾ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲩⲟ̀ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̀ⲥⲁϫⲓ: ⲻeθve ou ḋe tigō m̀mos ⳾ je ouhouò pe p̀·saji: ⲻAnd why do I say that the word is superfluous?
5ⲛⲑⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲙ̇ⲡⲁϩⲣⲉ ⲉ̇ϥϭⲙ̇ϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̇ⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙⲡ̇ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⳾ ⲡϩⲓ̇ⲥⲉ ⲛ̇ⲣⲉϥⲱ̇ϫⲛ̇ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲕⲏ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲻⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ⲫⲁϧⲣⲓ ⲉϥϫⲉⲙϫⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϣⲱⲛⲓ ⳾ ⲡ̀ϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲱϫⲛ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲭⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲻǹf̀ryti ġar ǹouniṡti ǹfaxri efjemgom mmate xen p̀·sōma ǹp̀ṡōni ⳾ p̀xisi ǹrefōgn ǹf̀novi ky ehrai ⲻFor just as a strong medicine is very powerful in the body of illness, the labor of one who destroys sin exists.
6ⲁⲩⲱ̇ ⲧⲁⲓ̇ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲏⲥⲓ̇ⲥ ⲙ̇ⲙⲛⲧ̇ⲣⲉϥϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲛ̇ⲛ̇ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ̇ⲙ̇ⲙⲛⲧ̇ⲣⲉϥϣⲡ̇ϩ̇ⲙⲟⲧ ϩⲛ̇ⲛ̇ϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲉ̇ϫⲟ̇ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ̇ ϣⲁⲡ̇ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⳾ ⲉ̇ⲧⲣⲉⲛϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲃⲁⲗ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟϥ ϩⲛ̇ⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧ̇ⲣⲉϥϣⲡ̇ϩ̇ⲙⲟⲧ ·ⲻⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲧ̀ⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ⲁⲥⲕⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϥⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϣⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ϩⲩⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲉ̀ϫⲟⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϣⲁ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⳾ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲛϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲛⲃⲁⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲣⲉϥϣⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ: ⲻouoh θai te t̀niṡti ǹaskysis ǹm̀ntreffei èrok xen ǹṡōni nem ǹm̀ntrefṡphmot xen ǹhimnos ègoouou ehrai ṡa f̀nouti ⳾ èθrenfai ǹnenval ehrai èrof xen oum̀ntrefṡphmot: ⲻAnd this is the great ascesis of supporting yourself during illnesses and of giving thanks with hymns addressed to God, so that we might lift up our eyes to him with thanksgiving.
7ⲙⲡⲣ̇ⲧ̇ⲣⲉⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲱⲥ ⲉ̇ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ̇ ϩⲛ̇ⲟⲩϩ̇ⲣⲟϣ ⳾ ⲁ̇ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲛ ⲛ̇ⲛⲱⲣⲅⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛ̇ⲧ̇ⲙⲛⲧ̇ⲁⲧⲥⲓ̇ ⳾ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉⲛϣⲱⲡⲓ ϩⲱⲥ ⲁⲣⲉⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲣⲟϣ ⳾ ⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲛⲱⲣⲅⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲙ̀ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲥⲓ ⳾mpenθrenṡōpi hōs arentōoun xen ouhroṡ ⳾ annouje ġar èvol m̀mon ǹnōrġanon ǹt̀m̀ntatsi ⳾Let us not be like those who arise with difficulty, for we have cast off from ourselves the organs of insatiability
8ⲁ̇ⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲛ̇ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̇ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ̇ⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲓⲁⲗ ⳾ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲃⲁⲗ ⲙⲡϩⲏⲧ ⲉ̇ⲧϩⲓ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ·ⲻ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉ̇ⲁ̇ⲩϥⲓ̇ ⲛ̇ⲧⲟⲟⲧⲛ̇ ̇ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲓ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⳾ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡ̀ⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲓⲁⲗ ⳾ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲃⲁⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧϩⲓϩⲟⲩⲛ: ⲻ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲁⲩϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲧϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ ⳾alla tennav ep̀ōou ǹf̀nouti ǹf̀ryti ǹouial ⳾ hiten p̀val ǹp̀hyt et·hihoun: ⲻ kan eavfai ǹtotn ǹp̀vol ǹpensōma et·hivol ⳾and we see the glory of God as in a mirror through the eye of the heart within, even if the external eye of our body has been taken away from us.
9ⲉ̇ⲛϣⲁⲛⲣ̇ⲁⲗ̇ ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̇ϣ̇ⲡ̇ϩ̇ⲙⲟⲧ ϫⲉⲁ̇ⲛⲕⲱ ⲛ̣̇ⲥⲱⲛ ⲛ̇ⲧ̇ϭⲓ̇ⲛⲛⲥⲱⲧ[ⲙ] […] ⲱⲟⲩⲉⲓ̇ⲧ ·ⲻ ⲁⲛϣⲱ̇ⲱ̇ϭⲉⲁⲛϣⲁⲛⲉⲣⲁⲗ ⲙⲁⲣⲛϣⲉⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ϭⲓⲛⲛⲥⲱⲧⲙ […] ⲱⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ: ⲻ ⲁⲛϣⲱⲱϭⲉanṡaneral marnṡephmot je ankō ǹsōn ǹt̀ċinnsōtm […] ōoueit: ⲻ anṡōōċeIf we become deaf, let us give thanks that we have lost the faculty of hearing … worthless.
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11ⲟⲩⲛ̇ⲧⲁⲛ ⲙ̇ⲙⲁ̣[ⲩ] [.] ⲛⲉⲧϩⲓ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̇ⲩⲥⲃ̇ⲧⲱ̣[ⲧ] ⲟⲩⲃⲉ̇ⲡⲡⲟⲗⲩⲙⲟⲥ ⲙ̇ⲡϫⲁϫⲉ ⳾ⲟⲩⲟⲛⲧⲁⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ […] ⲛⲉⲧϩⲓϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲧⲱⲧ ⲟⲩⲃⲉⲡ̀ⲡⲟⲗⲉⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϫⲁϫⲓ ⳾ouontan m̀mav […] net·hihoun evsevtōt ouvep̀polemos ǹp̀gaji ⳾We have the ones within which are ready against the attack of the enemy.
12ⲉ̇ϣϫⲉ ⲡϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲁ̇ⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ϩⲓ̈ϫⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ̇ ⳾ ⲁ̇ⲗⲗⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡ̇ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉ̇ⲧϩⲓ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡ̇ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲁ̇ⲩⲝⲁⲛⲉ ⲛ̇ϩⲟⲩⲟ ·ⲻⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲡ̀ϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⳾ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧϩⲓϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡ̀ⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲁⲩⲝⲁⲛⲉ ⲛ̀ϩⲟⲩⲟ: ⲻisje p̀ṡōni amahte hijen pensōma tyrf ⳾ alla kata p̀rōmi et·hihoun p̀talċo avksane ǹhouo: ⲻEven if illness possesses our whole body, yet health according to the inner man increases even more.

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10)
dialect
sahidic
source
Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.040.syncletica.08
licence
CC-BY 4.0
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.040.syncletica.08, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Dana Robinson, Caroline T. Schroeder, 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.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt

L1 Cairene

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) — Cairene
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from AP.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.040.syncletica.08)
licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.040.syncletica.08, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Dana Robinson, Caroline T. Schroeder, 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: editorial_kept=7 editorial_lacuna=2 lexeme_L1-S-3=1 lexeme_L1-S-8=1 lexeme_open=2 restored_accepted=3 th_resolved=2 tokens=111
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Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt

L2 Kemetic

title
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) — Kemetic
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from AP.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.040.syncletica.08, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Dana Robinson, Caroline T. Schroeder, 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.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt

English

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
11 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from
Dana Robinson — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM AP, AP.040.syncletica.08 (11 lines)

Cite as:

Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10). Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.040.syncletica.08. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/apophthegmata-patrum/ap.040.syncletica.08.sahidic.scriptorium/. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 040: Syncletica 8 (10) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.040.syncletica.08, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Dana Robinson, Caroline T. Schroeder, 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.
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.