megalaa/coptic-corpora huggingface dataset:
Coptic: αfερουω νjε ελιφασ πιθεμανιτησ πεjαf
English: Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
Coptic: jε μη ουον ουσαβε ναt νουερουω ντε ουκαt ντε ουπνα αfμαh τενεjι γαρ νεμκαh
English: Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
Coptic: εfσοhι kεν hανσαjι νσsε αν kεν hανσαjι μμον hηου νkητου
English: reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
Coptic: μη hωκ ετακχα τεfhοt νσωκ ακjεκ hανσαjι δε εβολ μπαιρηt μπεμθο μπcσ
English: Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
Coptic: κοι νενοχοσ ννισαjι ντε ρωκ μπεκερδιακρινιν ννισαjι ντε νιρεμνjομ
English: Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
Coptic: εfσοhι μμοκ νjε ρωκ ουοh ανοκ αν νεκσφοτου δε ευεερμεθρε kαροκ
English: Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.
Coptic: ου γαρ μη αυμασκ kατhη ννιρωμι ιε ακcωσ kατhη ννιτωου
English: What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?
Coptic: ιε ακσωτεμ επιουαhσαhνι ντε πcσ ασφοh δε εροκ νjε tσοφια
English: Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?
Coptic: ου γαρ ετεκσωουν μμοf ουοh τενσωουν μμοf ανον αν ιε ου πετεκκαt εροf εhοτερον
English: For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
Coptic: κε γε νθοκ ουkελλο ουοh νθοκ ουαπασ νkητεν εκhορs επεκιωτ kεν hανεhοου
English: Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
Coptic: ντsεβιω ννεκνοβι αυερμαστιγγοιν μμοκ νουκουjι ακσαjι νhαννιst μμαsω
English: Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.
Coptic: ου πετα πεκhητ ερμελεταν μμοf ιε ου πετα νεκβαλ jουsτ εροf
English: What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes aimed at,
Coptic: jε ουjωντ ακσαjι μπεμθο μπcσ ακεν hανσαjι δε μπαιρηt εβολ kεν ρωκ
English: that thou hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?
Coptic: νιμ γαρ πε φρωμι jε εfεsωπι εfοι ναταρικι ιε ουμισι εβολ kεν ουσhιμι jε fναερ ουθμηι
English: For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?
Coptic: ισjε νη εθουαβ fτενhουτ μμοσ hαρωου αν τφε δε στουβηουτ αν μπεfμθο
English: Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
Coptic: ιε αυηρ πε πιρωμι ετορεβ ουοh ετcαkεμ εfσε cινjονσ μφρηt νουρεfσω
English: Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
Coptic: tναταμοκ ουν σωτεμ εροι νη εταιναυ ερωου tναjοτου νακ
English: But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
Coptic: νη ετουναjοτου νjε νισαβευ μπουχοπου νjε νουιοt
English: things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
Coptic: νθωου μμαυατου αυt μπικαhι νωου ουοh μπεfι νjε ουsεμμο εhρηι εjωου
English: To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
Coptic: πωνk τηρf μπιασεβησ αfχη kεν ουρωουs hανρομπι δε ευhηπ εττοι νουρεμνjομ
English: All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
Coptic: τενhοt δε ασχη kεν νεfμαsj hοταν δε αfsανμευι νjε αfερhιρηνη sαfι νjε πεfουωjπ
English: And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
Coptic: μπενθρεfτενhουτσ δε jε εfναερ εβολ επχακι αυτηιf γαρ hηδη ετοτf μπβενιπι
English: Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
Coptic: αυθαsf νhανkρηουι ννουεsερ fσωουν δε νkρηι νkητf jε αfχη ευουωjπ εfεsθερθωρτ νjε ουεhοου νχακι
English: And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
Coptic: ουαναγκη δε νεμ ουhοjhεj ευεαμονι μμοf μφρηt νουσατηγουσ εfkεν ουμετνιst ντεfhει
English: Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
Coptic: jε αfcισι ννεfjιj ουβε πcσ αfτωουνου δε ντεfναhβι μπεμθο μπcσ πιπαντοκρατωρ
English: For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
Coptic: αfcοjι δε μπεfμθο kεν ουsωs kεν thθη ντε πσθοι ντε τεfsεβsι
English: And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
Coptic: εαfhωβσ μπεfhο kεν πεfωτ ουοh αfθαμιο νουπεριστομιον hι νεfαλωj
English: For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
Coptic: εfεsωπι kεν hανβακι νsαfη εfεsε ναf δε εkουν εhανηι μμον πετsοπ νkητου νη εταυθουωτου νjε νη ευεολου νjε hανκεχωουνι
English: And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
Coptic: ουδε ννεfερραμαο ουδε ννουοhι νjε νεfhυπαρχοντα ουδε ννεfhιουι νουkηιβι hιjεν πκαhι
English: Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
Coptic: ουδε ννεfερ εβολ επχακι φη ετναρωτ νταf εfεθρεfλωμ νjε πθηου εσεfορfερ δε νjε τεfhρηρι
English: Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
Coptic: μπενθρεfτενhουτσ jε fναsωπι εfσμοντ hανπετsουιτ γαρ ευει ναf εβολ
English: Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
Coptic: πεfsατsε εfετακο μπατεσερνει πεfβαλ ννεfφιρι εβολ
English: His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
Coptic: ευεcολf δε μφρηt νουsελsηιλι μπατεσερνει εfεfορfερ δε μφρηt νουhρηρι νjωιτ
English: And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
Coptic: tμετμεθρε γαρ ντε πιασεβησ φμου πε ουχρωμ δε ευερωκh ννιηι ντε νιρεfcιδωρον
English: For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
Coptic: εfεcι δε νhανμκαh νhητ kεν τεfνεjι hανπετsουιτ ευει ναf εβολ τεfνεjι δε εσεsωπι kα πχροf
English: And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
Coptic: jε αισωτεμ εουμηs μπαιρηt νιρεftνομt τηρου ντε νισαμπετhωου
English: I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
Coptic: ου γαρ μη ουταξισ ετsοπ ννισαjι ντε πιπνα ιε ου πε ετναερονοχλιν νακ jε ακερουω
English: What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
Coptic: ανοκ hω tνασαjι μπετενρηt ενασχη νjε τετενψυχη ντsεβιω νθωι
English: I also will speak as ye do: if indeed your soul were in my soul’s stead,
Coptic: ιτα ειετωουνου εjεν θηνου kεν hανσαjι δε ντααφε kαρωτεν
English: then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
Coptic: εσεsωπι δε kεν ρωι νjε ουjομ πικιμ δε ντε νασφοτου νναtασο εροf αιsανσαjι γαρ νναμκαh επαερkοτ
English: And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
Coptic: αιsανχαρωι δε ον ου πε πσβοκ ντε παμκαh
English: For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?
Coptic: tνου δε αftkισι νηι αfαιτ νσοj εαfερhολι ουοh ακαμονι μμοι
English: But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.
Coptic: ασsωπι ευμετμεθρε ουοh αστωνσ νkητ νjε ταμεθνουj ασερουω ουβηι μπεμθο μπαhο
English: My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
Coptic: εαfερχρασθε νουjωντ αfρωkτ μμοι εkρηι αfkραjρεj ννεfναjhι εhρηι εjωι αfινι εjωι ννισοθνεf ντε νεfρεfjωντ
English: In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
Coptic: αfερνιst εhρηι εjωι kεν νιθουξ ντε νεfβαλ αft νουερkοτ νηι hιjεν νακελι kεν ουενχαι εfjουκh αυcοjι εhρηι εjωι ευσοπ
English: He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
Coptic: αfτηιτ γαρ νjε πcσ εkρηι ενενjιj νhανρεfcινjονσ αfβερβωρτ εβολ εjεν hανασεβησ
English: For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
Coptic: ειοι νhιρηνη αfjορτ εβολ αfαμονι μπfωι ντε τααφε ουοh αffοjτ αfταhοι ερατ μφρηt νουσκοποσ
English: When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.
Coptic: αυκωt εροι kεν hανλογχη ευhιουι μμωου εναcλωτ jε νσεtασο αν αυφων μπαsαsι hιjεν πικαhι
English: They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
Coptic: αυταουοι εkρηι ουhτοπ εjεν ουhτοπ αυcοjι εjωι νjε hανjωρι
English: They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.
Coptic: αυβορβερ νουσοκ εjεν παsαρ ταjομ δε ασcενο hιjεν πικαhι
English: They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
Coptic: ασρωκh νjε τανεjι εβολ kεν φριμι ουkηιβι δε ετχη hιjεν ναβουhι
English: My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
Coptic: νε μμον hλι δε νcινjονσ kεν ναjιj σουαβ δε νjε ταπροσευχη
English: Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Coptic: πκαhι μπερhωβσ εβολ εjεν πσνοf ντε τασαρξ ουοh μπενθρε μα sωπι νναkρωου
English: Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Coptic: ουοh tνου hηππε fsοπ kεν τφε νjε παμεθρε ουοh παμεθρε kεν νη ετcοσι
English: And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Coptic: εfεφοh εkουν hα πcσ νjε πατωβh παβαλ δε εfεταουο ερμη επεσητ μπεfμθο
English: Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
Coptic: εfεsωπι δε νjε ουσοhι νουρωμι μπεμθο μπcσ ουοh πsηρι μφρωμι μπεfsφηρ
English: Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!
Coptic: αυι δε νjε hανρομπι εουον ηπι τοι ερωου tναsε νηι δε hι πιμωιτ ετε νtνατασθοι αν jε εβολ hιωιτf
English: But my years are numbered and their end come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Coptic: tcιμκαh δε εfινι μμοι νjε ουπνα ουκαισι δε tοhι νασ ουοh tjιμι μμοσ αν
English: I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not.
Coptic: tthο ειkοσι ουοh ου πεtνααιf
English: Who is this? let him join hands with me.
Coptic: αυκωλπ δε νναhυπαρχοντα νjε hανsεμμωου νιμ πε φαι μαρουμορf νεμ ταjιj
English: Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
Coptic: jε αυχωπ μπουhητ εβολ hα ουμετσαβε εθβεφαι ννεfcασου νjε φt
English: For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.
Coptic: εfεjε hανκακια νtτοι ναβαλ δε αυβωλ εβολ εjεν ναsηρι
English: He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.
Coptic: αυχατ δε ευsjηι kεν νιεθνοσ αιsωπι δε νωου ευσωβι
English: But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
Coptic: αυτωμτ νjε ναβαλ kεν πjωντ αυβωτσ εροι μμαsω νjε ουον νιβεν
English: For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
Coptic: αυερsφηρι μμαsω νjε νιθμηι εjεν φαι ουθμηι δε εfετωνf εjεν ουπαρανομοσ
English: Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Coptic: εfεcι δε μπεfμωιτ νjε ουπιστοσ πεθουαβ δε εfεcι νουjομ kεν νεfjιj
English: But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
Coptic: μμον δε αλλα ματαjρε θηνου τηρου ουοh αμωινι tμεθμηι γαρ kεν θηνου αν
English: Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
Coptic: ναεhοου αυσινι kεν ουνροsτ αυφωjι δε νjε νιμοt ντε παhητ
English: My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Coptic: πιεjωρh αιχαf εουεhοου φουωινι kεντ εβολ hα πhο μπχαhι
English: I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Coptic: εsωπ γαρ αιsανουων εροι αμενt πε παηι kεν ουγνοφοσ δε αυφωs μπαπρηs
English: For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
Coptic: αιμουt ουβε φμου jε παιωτ πτακο jε ταμαυ νεμ τασωνι
English: I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister.
Coptic: ασθων ουν νjε ταhελπισ ιε αν tναναυ ον εαγαθον
English: Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good?
Coptic: ιε αν σεναι νεμηι εkρηι εαμενt ιε τενναsε ναν εkρηι επκαhι ευσοπ
English: Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?
Coptic: αfερουω νjε βαλδαδ πισαυχιτησ πεjαf
English: Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,
Coptic: jε sα θναυ jε χνακην αν χαρωκ hινα ντενσαjι hων
English: How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.
Coptic: εθβεου ανχαρων μπεκμθο μφρηt νhαντεβνωουι
English: For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?
Coptic: αfερχρασθε νακ kεν ουjωντ ου γαρ ακsανμου νθοκ μη σεναερατsωπι νjε μαι νιβεν ετσαπεσητ ντφε sαν σεναουωjπ νjε hαντωου εβολ kεν νουσενt
English: Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?
Coptic: ουοh φουωινι ντε νιασεβησ fναcενο ουοh ννεfι εβολ νjε πουsαh
English: But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Coptic: πεfουωινι εfεερχακι kεν πεfηι εfεcενο δε νjε πιkηβσ ναhραf
English: His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Coptic: ευεωλι ννεfhυπαρχοντα νjε hανελαχιστοσ εfεsωfτ δε νjε πεfσοcνι
English: Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.
Coptic: εσεραουω δε kεν ουφαs νjε τεfφατ ουοh εσεcλομλεμ kεν ουsνε
English: His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.
Coptic: ευει εhρηι εjωf νjε hανφαs.ευεθρουjρεμjομ εhρηι εjωf νjε hανουον ευοβι
English: And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.
Coptic: fκηπ kεν πκαhι νjε πεfμοh ουοh πεfjινταhο hι πιμωιτ
English: His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.
Coptic: ευεταhοf νjε hανμκαh νhητ ευκωt εροf ουμηs δε ευει μπκωt ντεfcαλοj kεν ουhβων εfhεjhοj
English: Let pains destroy him round about, and let many enemies come about him, (12) vex him with distressing hunger:
Coptic: αυσοβt δε ναf νουουωjπ εfοι νsφηρι
English: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.
Coptic: ευεtουω δε ννισεβι ντε ρατf ερε φμου δε ουωμ ννη ετσαιωου
English: Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.
Coptic: ευεωλι δε μπταλcο εβολ kεν πεfηι εσεταhοf νjε ουαναγκη ουετια νουρο
English: And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.
Coptic: εσεουωνh kεν τεfσκηνη kεν πιεjωρh νη ετσαιωου ντασ ευεμοh νθην
English: It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.
Coptic: νεfνουνι ευεsωουι σαπεσητ μμοf ουοh πεfωσk εfεhει σαπsωι μμοf
English: His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.
Coptic: πεfμευι εfετακο εβολ hιjεν πκαhι ουοh ουον ουραν sοπ ναf hιjεν πεfhο σαβολ
English: Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.
Coptic: εfεhιτf εβολ kεν φουωινι επχακι
English: Let one drive him from light into darkness.
Coptic: ννεfsωπι εfοι νσουην kεν πεfλαοσ ουδε ννεfνοhεμ kεν σαπεσητ ντφε νjε πεfηι αλλα ευεωνk kεν νη ετενουf νjε hανκεχωουνι
English: He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth. (20) But strangers shall dwell in his possessions:
Coptic: αυfιαhομ εhρηι εjωf νjε hανkαευ ουοh αυερsφηρι νjε hανsορπ
English: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.
Coptic: ναι νε νιηι ντε νιρεfcινjονσ φαι δε πε πιτοποσ ντε νη ετε μπουσουεν πcσ
English: These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.
Coptic: jε sα θναυ τετενtkισι νταψυχη ουοh τετενsορsερ μμοι kεν hανσαjι
English: How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
Coptic: μονον γαρ αριεμι jε πcσ αfαιτ μπαιρηt τετενσαjι νσωι τετενsφιτ kαjωι αν ουοh τετεναρsητ εjωι
English: Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
Coptic: χασ jε ανοκ αισωρεμ ταφμηι ουοh fsοπ νεμηι νjε πιπλανοσ εθριjε hανσαjι νσsε νjοτου αν νασαjι δε σεσορεμ ουοh μπιjοτου kεν πουσηου
English: Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right to speak; and my words err, and are unreasonable.
Coptic: εθβεου νθωτεν τετενcισι μμωτεν εhρηι εjωι τετενοι ννιst εhρηι εjωι kεν ουsωs
English: But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
Coptic: αριεμι ουν jε πcσ πεταfsθερθωρτ αfcισι δε μπεfταjρο εhρηι εjωι
English: Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, and has raised his bulwark against me.
Coptic: hηππε tνασωβι kεν ουsωs ουοh ννασαjι tωs εβολ ουοh μμον hλι sοπ
English: Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment.
Coptic: αυκωt μπακωt ουοh ννασινι αυχω νουχακι hιjεν παhο
English: I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
Coptic: ουοh αυβαsτ μπαωου αfωλι δε μπαχλομ εβολ hιjεν τααφε
English: And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
Coptic: αfjορτ δε εβολ kεν νη ετκωt εροι ουοh αιsε νηι αfκωρj δε νταhελπισ μφρηt νουssην
English: He has torn me around about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.
Coptic: αfερχρασθε δε νηι kεν ουjωντ μμαsω αfχατ ντοτf μφρηt νουjαjι
English: And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
Coptic: αυι δε εhρηι εjωι νjε νεfcωντ τηρου αυκωt εροι hι ναμωιτ νjε hανρεfjωρj
English: His troops also came upon me with one accord, liars in wait compassed my ways.
Coptic: αυsε νωου εβολ hαροι νjε νασνηου αυσουεν hανsεμμωου εhοτεροι
English: My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers rather than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
Coptic: ναsφηρ δε αυερατναι μπουjουsτ εροι νjε νη ετkεντ εροι ουοh νη ετσωουν μπαραν αυερπαωβs
English: My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.
Coptic: νιθεsευ ντε παηι νεμ ναβωκ ναιοι νsεμμο μπουμθο εβολ
English: As for my household, and my maid-servants, I was a stranger before them.
Coptic: αιμουt επαβωκ ουοh μπεfερουω νηι ναιthο δε kεν ρωι
English: I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated him.
Coptic: ουοh ναιτωβh ντασhιμι ναιμουt πε ειthο ενιsηρι ντε ναπαλλακη
English: And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.
Coptic: νθωου δε αυhιπhο μμοι sα ενεh εsωπ αιsαντωντ σεσαjι νσωι
English: But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
Coptic: αυορβετ δε νjε νη ετσωουν μμοι νη εναιμει μμωου αυτωουν εhρηι εjωι
English: They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
Coptic: αυερhολι νjε νασαρξ kεν ναsαρ ουοh σεουωμ ννακασ kεν νουsολ
English: My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in my teeth.
Coptic: ναι νηι ουοh ναι νηι ω ναsφηρ τjιj γαρ μπcσ πετασcο εροι
English: Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
Coptic: εθβεου τετενcοjι νσωι μφρηt μπcσ ουοh τετενσηου αν εβολ kεν τασαρξ
English: Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Coptic: νιμ γαρ ετνατηισ εθρουσkε νασαjι ντουχαυ δε kεν ουjωμ sα ενεh
English: For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,
Coptic: kεν ουγραφιον μβενιπι νεμ τατh ιε ντουφοτhου hι hανπετρα
English: with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!
Coptic: tσωουν γαρ jε ουsα ενεh πε φη ετναβολτ εβολ hιjεν πκαhι
English: For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
Coptic: εθρεfτουνοσ παsαρ φη ετουωτh νναι επsωι ετα ναι γαρ sωπι νηι εβολ hιτεν πcσ
English: and to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these sufferings: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
Coptic: νη ανοκ εtσωουνου μμωου εkρηι νkητ νη ετα ναβαλ ναυ ερωου ουοh κεουαι αν αυjωκ δε εβολ τηρου εkρηι kεν κεντ
English: which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in my bosom.
Coptic: ισjε δε τετενναjοσ jε ου πε ετενναjοf μπεμθο μπcσ ουοh ουνουνι ντε ουσαjι τενναjεμσ νkητf
English: But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and so find the root of the matter in him?
Coptic: αριhοt hωτεν kατhη νουεπικαλιμμα ουjωντ γαρ εfει εjεν νιανομοσ τοτε ευεεμι jε ασθων τουhυλη
English: Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.
Coptic: αfερουω νjε σωφαρ πιμεννεοσ πεjαf
English: Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
Coptic: jε ναιμευι αν πε jε χναουοhεμ νναι μπαιρηt ουοh τετενκαt αν εhοτεροι
English: I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.
Coptic: εισωτεμ ετσμη ντε πασοhι ουοh fναερουω νηι νjε ουπνα νκαt
English: I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
Coptic: μη ναι ακσοθμου ισjεν sορπ ισjεν εταυχα φρωμι hιjεν πικαhι
English: Hast thou not known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
Coptic: πουνοf γαρ ντε νιασεβησ ουνιst νουωjπ φραsι δε ντε νιπαρανομοσ πτακο πε
English: But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
Coptic: αυsανsε νωου γαρ επsωι ετφε νjε νεfδωρον πεfsουsωουsι δε ντεfcινεμ νιcηπι
English: although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
Coptic: hοταν γαρ αfsανμευι jε αfταjρο τοτε εfετακο sα εβολ νη ετσωουν μμοf ευεjοσ jε ναfθων πε
English: For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
Coptic: μφρηt νουρασουι εασhωλ ννουjεμf εfεhωλ δε μφρηt νουhορτf ντε πιεjωρh
English: Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
Coptic: ουβαλ αfιορhf ουοh ννεfουαh τοτf ουοh ννεfναυ εροf νjε πεfμα
English: The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
Coptic: νεfsηρι ευετακωου νjε hανκουjι εροf νεfjιj δε ευετhεμκο νhανμκαh νhητ
English: Let his inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
Coptic: νεfκασ αυσι ντεfμεταλου ουοh ευενκοτ νεμαf kεν πικαhι
English: His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Coptic: ασsανhολj νjε tκακαι kεν ρωf εfεχοπσ σαπεσητ μπεfλασ
English: Though evil be sweet in his mouth, though he will hide it under his tongue;
Coptic: ννεftασο εροσ ουδε ννεfχασ νσωf εfεσοκσ kεν θμηt ντεfsβωβι
English: though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Coptic: ουοh ννεσsjεμjομ νερβοηθιν εροf ουχολη νhοf ετsοπ kεν τεfνεjι
English: yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
Coptic: ουμετραμαο ευθωουt μμοσ kεν ουcινjονσ ευεsιt μμοσ εfεσωκ μμοf εβολ kεν πεfηι νjε ουαγγελοσ
English: His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.
Coptic: ουjωντ δε ντε hανδρακων ευεsανουsf εροκ εfεkοτβεf δε νjε φλασ νουhοf
English: And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent’s tongue slay him.
Coptic: ννεfναυ εουhωρ ντε hανρεfμονι ουδε hανμα νεβιω νεμ ουcελι
English: Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
Coptic: εταfkισι δε εhανπετsουιτ νεμ hανμετεφληου ουμετραμαο εfναjεμtπι αν εβολ μμοσ μφρηt νουσθιρφνοσ μπαυsουεjουωjf ουδε μπαυsομκf
English: He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
Coptic: hανμηs γαρ νατjομ αfhοjhεj ννουηι αfhωλεμ δε μπουμανsωπι ουοh μπεfτηιf
English: For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.