On Lack of Food — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "besa-letters", document on_lack_of_food

Attribution: On Lack of Food from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus besa-letters, document on_lack_of_food, version 4.5.0 (2023-09-29), annotations by So Miyagawa, 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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English: 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	ⲉⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ϣ︤ⲡ︥ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲏⲣ⳿ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲕ︤ϩ︥ ⲛⲉ ·	ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϭⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲏⲣ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲕ̀ϩ ⲛⲉ:	aretetenċixisi nem netmyr ète netmok̀·h ne:	It is by those who are bound and suffering that you are troubled,
2	ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲩⲟⲛ︤ϩ︥ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲟⲧⲟⲩⲉⲧ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ ϫⲉⲙ̄ⲡⲟⲩϭⲛ̄ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲟⲩⲟⲙ︤ϥ︥ ·	ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲩⲟⲛϧ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲧⲟⲩⲉⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲥⲱϣⲉ ϫⲉⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲟⲩϫⲉⲙⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲟⲩⲟⲙϥ:	ǹf̀ryti ète yonx èp̀ouotouet ǹt̀sōṡe jem̀peoujempetounaouomf:	in the manner that they live on the herb of the field, because they did not find what they shall eat,
3	ⲛ̄ⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲥⲱⲧ︤ⲙ︥ ·	ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ:	ǹf̀ryti etetensōtem:	and in the manner that we hear
4	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲧⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲩϩⲓⲥⲉ ·	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲛⲉⲧⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲗⲉⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲟⲩϧⲓⲥⲓ:	ouoh èrenetnav homololei ǹpouxisi:	and those who see agree about their difficulty.
5	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲙⲁⲣ︤ⲛ︥ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲧⲏⲣ︤ⲛ︥ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ϩⲏⲧ︤ϥ︥ ⲙ̄ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉⲭ︤ⲥ︥ ⲕⲁⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲙⲏⲛ⳿ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲉϥⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ ·	ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲙⲁⲣⲛϣ̀ⲗⲏⲗ ⲧⲏⲣⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲡⲓⲭ̀ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲭⲁⲡⲉϥⲥ̀ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲙⲏⲛ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲏ:	eθve fai marnṡ̀lyl tyrn ouon niven eterhoti hytf ǹf̀nouti èθrepik̀ristos kapefs̀mou efmyn èvol hrai xen nefsinaġōgy:	Hence, let us all pray, everyone who fears God, that Christ may put his blessing and that it may remain in his congregations
6	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ︤ϥ︥ⲧ︤ⲙ︥ⲕⲁⲛⲉϥⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲛ̄ⲗⲁⲁⲩ :	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥϣⲧⲉⲙⲭⲁⲛⲉϥⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉ̀ϣⲱⲱⲧ ⲛ̀ⲗⲁⲁⲩ:	ouoh ǹtefṡtemkaneftopos èṡōōt ǹlaav:	and that he may not let his monasteries (lit. places) lack anything.

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title: On Lack of Food
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "besa-letters", document on_lack_of_food
licence: CC-BY 4.0
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attribution: On Lack of Food from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus besa-letters, document on_lack_of_food, version 4.5.0 (2023-09-29), annotations by So Miyagawa, 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 gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 4.5.0, 2023-09-29)
file: Monastic/Besa – Letters/on_lack_of_food.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: On Lack of Food — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from on_lack_of_food.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "besa-letters", document on_lack_of_food)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: On Lack of Food from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus besa-letters, document on_lack_of_food, version 4.5.0 (2023-09-29), annotations by So Miyagawa, 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 gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 4.5.0, 2023-09-29)
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 lexeme_open=1 stroke_kept=16 stroke_unified=37 th_resolved=2 tokens=33
file: Monastic/Besa – Letters/on_lack_of_food.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: On Lack of Food — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from on_lack_of_food.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
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attribution: On Lack of Food from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus besa-letters, document on_lack_of_food, version 4.5.0 (2023-09-29), annotations by So Miyagawa, 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 gold · tagging gold · parsing gold (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 4.5.0, 2023-09-29)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Monastic/Besa – Letters/on_lack_of_food.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: 6 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: So Miyagawa — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM besa-letters, on_lack_of_food (6 lines)

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On Lack of Food. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "besa-letters", document on_lack_of_food. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/besa-letters/on-lack-of-food.sahidic.scriptorium/. On Lack of Food from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus besa-letters, document on_lack_of_food, version 4.5.0 (2023-09-29), annotations by So Miyagawa, 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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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.