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Attribution: Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.041.syncletica.09, version 4.4.0 (2022-09-26), annotations by Dana Robinson, Amir Zeldes, Caroline T. Schroeder; 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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21 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 | ⲁⲥϫⲟⲟ̇ⲥ ⲟ̇ⲛ ϫⲉϩⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲟⲗ︤ϩ︥ ⲙⲉⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲩ ⲉ̇ⲡⲉϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ ⳾ | ⲁⲥϫⲟⲥ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲧϣⲟⲗ̀ϩ ⲙⲡⲁⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϣ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲟ ⳾ | asgos on je xen pikosmos netṡol̀h mpavnogou èp̀ṡ̀teko ⳾ | She also said, 'In the world, those who are afraid aren't thrown into prison. |
| 2 | ϣⲁⲩϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ̇ⲧⲙ̇ⲣ̇ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ·ⲻ | ϣⲁⲩⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ϣⲧⲉⲙⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ: ⲻ | ṡavàreh èrōou èṡtemernovi: ⲻ | They keep themselves from sinning. |
| 3 | ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉ̇ⲧⲃⲉⲛⲉⲛⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̇ⲟ̇ⲡⲧⲛ̇ ⲉ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁ̇ⲛ ⳾ | ⲁ̀ⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲙⲁⲣⲛⲟⲡⲧⲉⲛ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧⲛ ⳾ | ànon ḋe eθve nennovi marnopten èxoun mmavatn ⳾ | For our part, because of our sins, let us consider ourselves alone, |
| 4 | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ϩ̇ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲉϩⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̇ⲧⲛ̇ⲅ̇ⲛⲱⲙⲏ ⲉ̇ⲛⲉⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲕⲟⲗⲁⲥⲓ̇ⲥ ⲉ̇ⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ·ⲻ | ϩⲓⲛⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ϩⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲛⲅ̀ⲛⲱⲙⲏ ⲉⲛⲉⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲕⲟⲗⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ: ⲻ | hina xen pète hnaf ǹtenġ̀nōmy enenouje èvol m̀mon nenkolasis etnaṡōpi: ⲻ | so that, by what is pleasing to our judgment we may cast away from ourselves our future punishments. |
| 5 | ⲉⲕⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ̇ ⲙ̇ⲡⲣ̇ϭⲉⲡⲗⲟⲓ̇ϭⲉ ϩⲛ̇ϩⲉⲛϣⲱⲛⲉ ⳾ | ⲉⲕⲉⲣⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲩⲓⲛ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣϭⲉⲡⲗⲱⲓϫⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛϣⲱⲛⲓ ⳾ | ekernystevin m̀perċeplōiji xen hanṡōni ⳾ | When you fast, don't find an excuse in illnesses. |
| 6 | ⲕⲁⲓ̇ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̇ⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ̇ ⲟ̇ⲛ ⲉ̇ⲧⲛ̇ⲥⲉⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ̇ ⲁ̇ⲛ ⳾ ϣⲁⲩϩⲉ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲛⲉⲓ̇ϩⲓ̇ⲥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲱ̇ⲧ ·ⲻ | ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ⲭⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛ̀ⲥⲉⲉⲣⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲩⲓⲛ ⲁⲛ ⳾ ϣⲁⲩϩⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ⲛⲁⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲱⲧ: ⲻ | kai ġar ǹkōouni on etǹseernystevin an ⳾ ṡavhei ehrai ènaixisi ǹouōt: ⲻ | For even the others who don't fast fall into the same difficulties. |
| 7 | ⲁⲕϩⲓ̇ⲧⲟⲟ̇ⲧⲕ̇ ⲉ̇ⲣⲡ̇ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | ⲁⲕϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲉⲣⲡ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | ak·hitootk eerp̀petnanouf | You have begun to do good; |
| 8 | ⲙ̇ⲡⲣ̇ⲉⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ ⳾ | ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲓ ⲉ̀ⲫⲁϩⲟⲩ ⳾ | mperi èfahou ⳾ | don't go back. |
| 9 | ⲉ̇ⲣⲉⲡ̇ϫⲁϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ϯϫ̇ⲣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⳾ | ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲡ̀ϫⲁϫⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ϯϫⲣⲟⲡ ⲛⲁⲕ ⳾ | ère p̀gaji ġar tigrop nak ⳾ | For the enemy will put a stumbling block before you. |
| 10 | [...] ⲛ̇ⲧⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣ [..] ⲁ̣ϥⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ̇ ϩⲓ̇ⲧⲛ̇ [....] ϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⳾ⲻ | […] ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣ […] ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲥϥ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ […] ϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⳾ⲻ | […] ǹθof ġar […] afouōsf hiten […] hipomony ⳾ⲻ | But as for him… he is brought to nothing by means of…endurance. |
| 11 | [....] ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϩⲓ̇ⲧⲟ̇ⲟ[ⲧⲟⲩ] [.]ⲡⲗⲉⲁ ⳾ ⲛ̇ϣⲟ[….]ⲛⲉ̇ | […] ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ […]ⲡ̀ⲗⲉⲁ ⳾ ⲛ̀̇ϣⲟ[…]ⲛⲉ̇ | […] nentavhitootou […]p̀lea ⳾ ǹṡo[…]ne | …The ones who began to sail… |
| 12 | ϣⲁⲩϣⲱⲛϥ̇ [...] ⲧⲏⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⳾ | ϣⲁⲩϣⲱⲛϥ […] ⲑⲏⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲓ̀ⲛⲁⲙ ⳾ | ṡavṡōnf […] θyou ǹouìnam ⳾ | They meet with a favorable wind |
| 13 | ϣⲁⲩⲡⲱⲣϣ̇ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲩⲗⲁⲩⲟ ⳾ | ϣⲁⲩⲫⲱⲣϣ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩⲗⲁⲩⲟ ⳾ | ṡavfōrṡ èvol ǹtoulavo ⳾ | and they spread out their sail. |
| 14 | ⲙⲛ̇ⲛ̇ⲥⲱⲥ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡ̇ⲧⲏⲩ ⲉ̇ⲧϯⲟⲩⲃⲏⲩ ⲧⲱⲙⲛⲧ̇ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⳾ | ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲡ̀ⲑⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧϯⲟⲩⲃⲏⲟⲩ ⲧⲱⲙⲛⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⳾ | menensōs ṡarep̀θyou ettiouvyou tōmnt èrōou ⳾ | Later, the opposing wind meets them, |
| 15 | ⲁ̇ⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲉⲣⲉⲛⲛⲏⲏ̇ⲃ ϣⲟⲩⲟ̇ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ̇ ⲙ̇ⲡⲁⲩⲉⲓ̇ⲛ ⲉ̇ⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁϣⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲏⲩ ⲛ̇ⲧⲁⲩⲉⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ϫⲱⲟⲩ ·ⲻ | ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲉⲣⲉⲛ̀ⲛⲏⲏⲃ ϣⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡ̀ⲁ̀ϣⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲑⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲓ̀ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲟⲩ: ⲻ | alla mereǹnyyb ṡouo ehrai ǹpavein eθve p̀àṡai ǹǹθyou etavì ègōou: ⲻ | but the sailors don't empty out the cargo because of the multitude of winds that come against them. |
| 16 | ϣⲁⲩ̇ϭⲣⲉϩⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ̇ | ϣⲁⲩϭⲣⲉϩⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ | ṡavċreht ḋe ǹoukouji | Rather, they rest a little |
| 17 | ⲛ̇ⲥⲉϭⲱ ⲉ̇ⲩⲙⲓ̇ϣⲉ ⲙⲛ̇ⲡ̇ϩⲟⲉⲓ̈ⲙ ⲛ̇ⲧⲁϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲁⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲉ̇ⲩⲥ̇ϭⲏⲣ ·ⲻ | ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩϭⲱ ⲉⲩⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ϩⲟⲉⲓⲙ ⲉ̀ⲧⲁϥⲓ̀ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲥϭⲏⲣ: ⲻ | ǹtouċō evmiṡe nem p̀hoeim ètafì ehrai ègōou evsċyr: ⲻ | and they continue struggling with the waves which come against them as they sail. |
| 18 | ⲧⲁⲓ̇ ϩⲱ̇ⲱ̇ⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲛϩⲏ | ⲑⲁⲓ ϩⲱⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲛϩⲏ | θai hōn te tenhy | This is our method also. |
| 19 | ⲉ̇ⲣϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩ ⲉ̇ϥⲛⲁϣⲧ̇ ϯ̇ⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛ | ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲑⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ϯⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛ | erṡanouθyou efnaṡt tiouvyn | If a strong wind comes against us, |
| 20 | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲡⲱⲣϣ̇ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲥ̄⳨ⲟ︤ⲥ︥ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲛ̇ⲧ̇ⲗⲁⲩⲟ ⲻ | ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲫⲱⲣϣ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡⲓⲥ⳨ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲗⲁⲩⲟ ⲻ | marenfōrṡ èvol ǹpis⳨goeis èp̀ma ǹt̀lavo ⲻ | let us spread out the cross in place of the sail, |
| 21 | ⲛ̇ⲧⲛ̇ϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̇ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲁ̇ϫⲉⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ ·ⲻ | ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲛ̀ϩⲟϯ: ⲻ | ǹtetengōk èvol ǹp̀·sċyr ǹhoti: ⲻ | and let us finish the voyage without fear.' |
Provenance
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11)
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.041.syncletica.09
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.041.syncletica.09, version 4.4.0 (2022-09-26), annotations by Dana Robinson, Amir Zeldes, Caroline T. Schroeder; 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 4.4.0, 2022-09-26)
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.041.syncletica.09.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) — Cairene
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from AP.041.syncletica.09.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.041.syncletica.09)
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.041.syncletica.09, version 4.4.0 (2022-09-26), annotations by Dana Robinson, Amir Zeldes, Caroline T. Schroeder; 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 4.4.0, 2022-09-26)
- 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: abbrev=1 editorial_kept=8 editorial_lacuna=7 n_morphs_fallback=1 restored_accepted=1 stroke_kept=1 stroke_unified=5 tokens=104
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.041.syncletica.09.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) — Kemetic
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from AP.041.syncletica.09.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.041.syncletica.09, version 4.4.0 (2022-09-26), annotations by Dana Robinson, Amir Zeldes, Caroline T. Schroeder; 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 4.4.0, 2022-09-26)
- 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.041.syncletica.09.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
- 21 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Dana Robinson — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM AP, AP.041.syncletica.09 (21 lines)
L0 witness
L1 Cairene
L2 Kemetic
English
Cite as:
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11). Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.041.syncletica.09. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/apophthegmata-patrum/ap.041.syncletica.09.sahidic.scriptorium/. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 041: Syncletica 9 (11) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.041.syncletica.09, version 4.4.0 (2022-09-26), annotations by Dana Robinson, Amir Zeldes, Caroline T. Schroeder; 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.