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Attribution: Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 100: Anonymous N 294 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.100.n294.crocodiles, version 5.0.0 (2024-05-06), 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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36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⲥⲟⲛ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲩϩⲉⲛⲉⲉ̇ⲧⲉ · | Two brothers according to the flesh went to a monastery. |
| 2 | ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲁⲥⲕ̣ⲓ̣ⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉ · | One of them was an ascetic. |
| 3 | ⲡⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁ ⲟ̣ⲩⲥⲧ̇ⲙⲏⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ · | The other was very obedient. |
| 4 | ⲉⲣ̣ϣⲁⲛⲡⲓ̇ⲱⲧ̣ ϫⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩ̣ϩ̣[ⲱⲃ] | If the father told him to do something, |
| 5 | ϣ̣ⲁϥⲁⲁϥ · | he did it. |
| 6 | [..] [..ⲟⲩ]ⲱⲙ […] ⲛϣⲱⲣⲡ ϣⲁϥ [.............] [.............] | draft · guess[… he ea]ts […] first; he is accustomed […] |
| 7 | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲛⲧⲥⲧ̇ⲙⲏⲧ | because of his obedience. |
| 8 | ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲓ̇ⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲧⲟϥⲥϥ ⲉ̇ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · | But his ascetic brother was goaded by it. |
| 9 | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϩ̇ⲣⲁⲓ ⲛ̇ϩⲏⲧϥ | He said to himself, |
| 10 | ϫⲉϯⲛⲁⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲓ | “I will test him |
| 11 | ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲥⲧⲙⲏⲧ ⲡⲉ ·ⲻ | and I will see if he is obedient.” |
| 12 | ⲁϥϯⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲓ̇ ⲉ̇ⲡⲉϥⲉⲓⲱⲧ | He made his way to his father |
| 13 | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | draft · highHe said: |
| 14 | ϫⲉⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ | “Send my brother and me |
| 15 | ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲛⲃⲱⲕ ϣⲁⲡⲉⲓⲧⲟ[ⲡⲟⲥ] | and we will go to that place.” |
| 16 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲕ[ⲁⲁⲩ] ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · | And the father gave them permission. |
| 17 | ⲁϥϥⲓⲧϥ [ⲛ]ϭⲓⲡⲁⲥⲕⲓ̇ⲧⲏⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉ̇ⲡⲓ̇ⲣⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ | Wishing to test him, the ascetic took him |
| 18 | ⲁ̇ϥⲉⲓ̇ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓϫⲙⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ · | and he went down beside the river. |
| 19 | ⲛⲉⲩϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲇ[ⲉ] ⲡⲉ ϩ̇ⲙⲡ̇ⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛϭⲓϩⲛ̇ⲙ̇ⲥⲁϩ ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ · | In that place, there were many crocodiles. |
| 20 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ | And he said to him, |
| 21 | ϫⲉⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲛ̇ⲅ̇ⲡⲉⲣⲁ · | “Go down to the river and pass through.” |
| 22 | ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ | So he went |
| 23 | ⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ | and the crocodiles came |
| 24 | ⲁ̇ⲩⲗⲱϫϩ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ · | and they crushed his body. |
| 25 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙ̇ⲡⲟⲩϥⲗⲁⲡⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ · | And they did not hurt him at all. |
| 26 | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓ̇ⲡⲁⲥⲕⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | When the ascetic saw, he said, |
| 27 | ϫⲉⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ·ⲻ | “Come out of the river.” |
| 28 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉ̇ⲩⲙⲟⲟϣ[ⲉ] | And as they were walking, |
| 29 | ⲁ̣ⲩ̣ϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉϥⲛⲏϫ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ̇ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ · | they found a body lying in the road. |
| 30 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲥⲕⲓⲧⲏⲥ | And the ascetic said, |
| 31 | ϫⲉⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁⲕ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲓⲛⲙⲓϣⲉ | “If you have an [old thing] |
| 32 | ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̇ⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫ̣ⲱϥ · | let us throw it over him.” |
| 33 | ⲡⲉϫ̣ⲁ̣ϥ̣ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁϥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲙⲛ̣ⲧ̣[ⲥⲧ]ⲙⲏⲧ · | The one who had obedience said, |
| 34 | ϫⲉ[ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ]̣ ⲙⲁⲣⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ [ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ] [ⲉ]ϫⲱϥ | “Let us pray for him instead. |
| 35 | ⲙⲉϣⲁⲕ [ϥⲛⲁ]ⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ | Perhaps he will arise.” |
| 36 | [.......] [.............] |
Provenance
- title
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 100: Anonymous N 294
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.100.n294.crocodiles
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
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- attribution
- Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 100: Anonymous N 294 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.100.n294.crocodiles, version 5.0.0 (2024-05-06), 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 5.0.0, 2024-05-06)
- file
- Monastic/Apophthegmata Patrum/AP.100.n294.crocodiles.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
- 33 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 2 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Dana Robinson — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM AP, AP.100.n294.crocodiles (33 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 100: Anonymous N 294. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "AP", document AP.100.n294.crocodiles. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/apophthegmata-patrum/ap.100.n294.crocodiles.sahidic.scriptorium/. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 100: Anonymous N 294 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus AP, document AP.100.n294.crocodiles, version 5.0.0 (2024-05-06), 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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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).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
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