megalaa/coptic-corpora huggingface dataset:
Coptic: ερε τσοφια hαhτηf μν τcομ. πωf πε πsοjνε μν τμντρμνhητ.
English: With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.
Coptic: εfsανsανsορsρ νιμ πετνακωτ. εfsανsταμ ερεν νρωμε νιμ πετναsουων νρωου.
English: If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open?
Coptic: εfsαντμν πμοου εfνατρε πκαh sοουε. αυω εfsανκααf hιjωf αfτακοf η αfsρsωρf.
English: If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.
Coptic: ερε τcομ hαhτηf μν τνομτε. τωf τε τεσβω μν τμντσαβε.
English: With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.
Coptic: πετjοου ννειβουλευτησ ναιχμαλωτοσ. αfπωsσ δε ννρεfthαπ μπκαh.
English: He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.
Coptic: πετθμσο ννερρωου εjν νευθρονοσ.
English: He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
Coptic: πετjοου ννουηηβ ναιχμαλωτοσ. αfsορsρ δε ννδηναστησ μπκαh.
English: He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.
Coptic: πετsιβε ννεσποτου νμπιστοσ. αfειμε δε ετμντσαβε ννhελλο.
English: He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.
Coptic: αfταλcο δε ννεθββιηυ.
English: He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.
Coptic: πετcωλπ εβολ ννετjηκ μπκακε. αfειμε δε επουοειν ννhαιβεσ ννετπλανα.
English: Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. (23) Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them:
Coptic: πετsιβε ννhητ νναρχων μπκαh. αfσορμου δε hν ουhιη νσεσοουν μμοσ αν.
English: Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, saying,
Coptic: ευεcομcμ δε hμ πκακε hμ πουοειν αν. ευεσωρμ δε νθε ννετταhε.
English: Let them grope in darkness, and let there be no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.
Coptic: εισ hηητε α παβαλ ναυ εναι. αυω α πμααjε σοτμου.
English: Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard them.
Coptic: αυω tσοουν ννετετνσοουν μμοου. αυω ανγ ουαθητ αν νhουο ερωτν.
English: And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.
Coptic: μμον δε αλλα tναsαjε μν πjοεισ. tναjπιο δε μπεfμτο εβολ εsωπε εhναf.
English: Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.
Coptic: ντωτν δε ντετν hενσαειν νρεfjινcονσ. αυω νρεfταλcο ννεθοου τηρου.
English: But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.
Coptic: εσεsωπε δε ντετνκαρουτν νσωπ ερωτν ευσοφια.
English: But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
Coptic: σωτμ επεjπιο νρωι. thτητν δε επhαπ ννασποτου.
English: But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Coptic: μη ετετνsαjε αν μπμτο εβολ μπjοεισ. αυω ετετνjω νουsαjε μπεfμτο εβολ.
English: Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?
Coptic: η μμον τετναshωπ. ντωτν δε thαπ.
English: Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges.
Coptic: νανουσ γαρ εfsανμεsτ τηυτν. jε τετνειρε γαρ νναι τηρου τετντωcε μμωτν εροf.
English: For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,
Coptic: ειη νfναjπιε τευτν αν. εsjε τετνjιhο δε hμ πhωπ.
English: he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
Coptic: μη νετναsτ ντοοτf ναsτρτρ τηυτν αν. θοτε δε ναhε εjωτν εβολ hιτοοτf.
English: shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?
Coptic: πετνsουsου δε ναρ θε νητν νουκερμεσ. αυω πετνσωμα νκαh.
English: And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.
Coptic: καρωτν ταsαjε. ταουεh ναι μπαcωντ.
English: Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,
Coptic: ταμεh ρωι ννασαρξ. τακα ταψυχη hν ναcιj.
English: while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
Coptic: ερsαν πjωωρε δε τακοι εβολjε αfαρχει. η μμον tναsαjε. ταjπιο μπεfμτο εβολ.
English: Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.
Coptic: αυω παι ναsωπε ναι νουjαι. μν κροf γαρ ναβωκ εhουν μπεfμτο εβολ.
English: And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.
Coptic: σωτμ σωτμ εναsαjε. tναsαjε γαρ ετετνσωτμ.
English: Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.
Coptic: εισ hηητε thην εhουν επhαπ. tσοουν δε jε tναουωνh εβολ νδικαιοσ.
English: Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
Coptic: νιμ γαρ πετναjιhαπ νμμαι.
English: For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
Coptic: fναειρε δε ναι νσναυ.
English: But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.
Coptic: σαhε τεκcιj εβολ μμοι. αυω μπρτρε τεκhοτε sτρτωρτ.
English: Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.
Coptic: αυω κναμουτε πετνασωτμ εροκ. η εκναsαjε ανοκ δε tναουωsβεκ.
English: Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
Coptic: ουηρ νε νανοβε μν ναανομια. ματσαβοι jε ου νε.
English: How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.
Coptic: ετβε ου κhωπ εροι. ακκαατ δε ουβηκ.
English: Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?
Coptic: μη εκναρhοτε νθε εsαρε ουcωβε κιμ hιτν ουτηυ. η εκναt ουβηι νθε νουχορτοσ ερε ουτηυ fι μμοf.
English: Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?
Coptic: jε ακσhαι νhενπεθοου εροι. ακκω δε εjωι νννοβε νταμντκουι.
English: for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.
Coptic: ακκα ταουηρε δε hι ουjροπ. ακhαρεh δε εναhβηυε τηρου. ακπωh δε εαρηjνου νναουηρητε.
English: And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated my heels.
Coptic: ναι εsαυhιτε νθε ννειασκωσ. η νθε νουhοιτε εαfρhοολε.
English: I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.
Coptic: πρωμε γαρ νjπο νσhιμε ουsαραhε πε εfμηh νοργη.
English: For a mortal born of a woman is short lived, and full of wrath.
Coptic: η νθε μπενταfρhρερε αfσροfρεf. αfπωτ δε νθε νουhαιβεσ. αυω ννεfαhερατf.
English: Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.
Coptic: μη μπεκfι προουs μπεικετ. αυω ακκα παι εει εhουν εjι hαπ μπεκμτο εβολ.
English: Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
Coptic: νιμ γαρ πετναρβολ ετωλμ εμν λααυ.
English: For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
Coptic: καν εsωπε ουhοου νουωτ πε πεfαhε hιjμ πκαh. νεfβατε δε ηπ ντοοτf. ακτοsf ευοειs αυω ννεfεsσαατf.
English: if even his life should be but one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it.
Coptic: σαhωκ εβολ μμοf jε εfεcω. αυω νfουεs πεfαhε νθε μπjαιβεκη.
English: Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.
Coptic: ουν hελπισ γαρ sοοπ νουsην. ευsανsαατf γαρ fναtουω νκεσοπ. αυω ννε πεftουω ωjν.
English: For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
Coptic: ερsαν τεfνουνε γαρ ρhλλο hμ πκαh νσμου δε hι ουπετρα.
English: For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
Coptic: sαρε πεfκαf tουω εβολ hν ουαcβεσ. αυω σεναsαατf νθε νουcωβε νβρρε.
English: it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
Coptic: ερsαν πρωμε δε μου αfβωκ. ερsαν πhερsιρε δε hε μεfτστοf.
English: But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
Coptic: εsωπε θαλλασσα δε ναωjν νουοειs ντε πμοου ρjαιε νfsοουε.
English: For the sea wastes in length of time, and a river fails and is dried up.
Coptic: ερsαν πρωμε δε νκοτκ ννεfτωουν. αυω ννευει ετουν νευηρηυ ερε τπε sοοπ.
English: And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.
Coptic: νανουσ γαρ ενε ντακhαρεh εροι hν αμντε. νγhοπτ δε sαντε τεκοργη λο. νγσμν ουοειs ναι εκναρ παμεευε νhητf.
English: For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!
Coptic: ερsαν πρωμε γαρ μου fναωνh. εαfjεκ νεhοου εβολ μπεfαhε. tναcω sανtsωπε ον.
English: For if a man should die, shall he live again, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
Coptic: αυω νγμουτε ανοκ tναουωsβεκ. μπρκω δε νσωκ ννεhβηυε ννεκcιj.
English: Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.
Coptic: ακεπ νανοβε δε τηρου αυω ννε λααυ νανομια σαατκ.
English: But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
Coptic: ακτωωβε δε ερν νανοβε hν ουτωωμε. ακt μαειν δε επενταιααf νταcομ αν τε.
English: An thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
Coptic: ακτοcνεf εβολ sαβολ αfβωκ. ακcωsτ εjωf hμ πεκhο αυω ακτσβκοf.
English: Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;
Coptic: ντερε νεfsηρε δε αsαι μπεfειμε. ευsανσβοκ δε νfσοουν αν.
English: and though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
Coptic: αλλα νεfσαρξ μκαh. αυω τεfψυχη ρhηβε.
English: But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.
Coptic: α ελιφασ δε ουωsβ πεθαιμανιτησ πεjαf.
English: Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
Coptic: jε μη πσοφοσ ναουωsβ νουμντρμνhητ μπνα αfμου γαρ hν ουτκασ νhη.
English: Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
Coptic: εfjπιο hν hενsαjε εμεssε. αυω hεν hενsαjε εμν λααυ νhηυ νhητου.
English: reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
Coptic: παι hωωκ ον ντακκα τεfhοτε νσωκ. ακjω νhενsαjε νtμινε μπμτο εβολ μπjοεισ.
English: Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
Coptic: κcηπ ενsαjε νρωκ μπκsβτκ λααυ ενsαjε ννδυναστησ.
English: Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
Coptic: ερε τεκταπρο jπιοκ νανοκ αν αυω ερε νεκσποτου ρμντρε εροκ.
English: Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.
Coptic: εsαρε ου γαρ sωπε. μη ντκ πsρπ νjπο νρωμε. η αυτοοκκ hα θη ννεκρωου.
English: What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?
Coptic: η ντακσωτμ επτωs μπjοεισ. α τσοφια δε πωh sαροκ.
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: εκσοουν γαρ νου ντνσοουν μμοf αν. η εκειμε εου ντνειμε εροf αν.
English: For what knowest thou, that, we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
Coptic: νταυμαστιγου μμοκ νhενsημ hα νεκνοβε. ακsαjε εματε παρα πsι.
English: Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.
Coptic: ντα πεκhητ τολμα εου. αυω ντα νεκβαλ ειορμ εου.
English: What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes aimed at,
Coptic: jε ακπωhτ νουcωντ μπμτο εβολ μπjοεισ. ακταυο δε νhενsαjε νtμινε εβολ hν ρωκ.
English: that thou hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?
Coptic: ου γαρ πε πρωμε jε εfετββο. η jε ερε sηρε νσhιμε ρδικαιοσ.
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: εsjε νfτανhουτ μμοf αν μν νεfπετουααβ. ντπε δε τββηυ αν μπεfμτο εβολ.
English: Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
Coptic: αμντε δε βητ. αυω fjαhμ. πρωμε δε ετσευ jινcονσ νθε μπμοου.
English: Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
Coptic: σωτμ δε εροι ενεtjω μμοου νακ. αυω tναjω νακ ννενταιναυ εροου.
English: But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
Coptic: νετερε νσοφοσ ναjοου. μπε νευειοτε hοπου εροου εααυ.
English: things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
Coptic: μπε sμμο ει εjωου.
English: To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
Coptic: παhε τηρf μπασεβησ hν hενροουs. hενρομπε δε ευηπ νεττο νουδυναστησ.
English: All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
Coptic: τεfhοτε δε sοοπ hν νεfμααjε. hοταν δε εfsανμεευε jε αισμινε τοτε fνατακο sαβολ.
English: And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
Coptic: μπρτρεfρανhουτσ jε fναρβολ επκαακε. αυουω γαρ ευhωπ μμοf ετοοτσ ντσηfε.
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: αυω αυταsf νhρε νννουρε. fσοουν δε νhητf jε εfκη ευhτοπ.
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: ουν ουhοου δε νκακε ναsτρτωρf ουν ουαναγγη μν ουθλιψισ ναταhοf. νθε νουλημηηsε εαfhε hαθη νουμλαh.
English: Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
Coptic: jε αfjεστ τοοτf μπμτο εβολ μπjοεισ. αυω αfνεhμακh μπμτο εβολ μπjοεισ ππαντωκρατωρ.
English: For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
Coptic: αfωπ δε μπεfμτο εβολ hν ουσωs.
English: And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
Coptic: εfουωh δε hν hενπολισ ευsηf. εfεβωκ δε εhουν εhενηι ευκη εβολ. νεντα πη δε σβτωτου hενκοουε νετναjιτου.
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 ννεfρρμμαο. ουδε ννε νεfhυπαρχωντα cω. ννεfρhαιβεσ εjμ πκαh.
English: Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
Coptic: ουδε ννεfρβολ επκακε ερε πτηυ hηcβ νεftουω. ερε πεfhρηρε σροfρεf.
English: Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
Coptic: μπρτρεfτανhουτσ jε fναμουν εβολ. hενπετsουειτ γαρ νετναsωπε μμοf.
English: Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
Coptic: ερε πεfjωλh τακο hαθη ντεfουνου. αυω ννε νεfταρ ρhαιβεσ.
English: His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
Coptic: ευεjοολεf δε νθε νουελελhμj hαθη ντεfουνου. εfεσροfρεf δε νθε νουhρηρε νjοειτ.
English: And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
Coptic: πμντρε γαρ μπασεβησ πε πμου. πκωhτ δε ναρωκh ννηι ννρεfjι δωρον.
English: For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
Coptic: εfναjι δε νhενμοκhσ νhητf. hενπετsουειτ δε νε νετναsωπε μμοf. hητf δε ναsωf hα ουκροf.
English: And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
Coptic: jε αισωτμ εhαh ντιμινε. νρεfσαλσελ ννεθοου τηρου.
English: I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
Coptic: εsαρε ου γαρ sωπε. μη ουταξισ νsαjε μπεπνα.
English: What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
Coptic: ανοκ hω ειεsαjε ντετνhε. ενερε τετνψυχη ο επμα ντωι. νειναβωcε πε εjωτν hν hενsαjε. tνακιμ ντααπε εjωτν.
English: I also will speak as ye do: if indeed your soul were in my soul’s stead,
Coptic: ερε ουcομ δε sωπε hν ρωι. ννειtσο δε επκιμ ννασποτου.
English: then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
Coptic: ειsανsαjε γαρ ννειμκαh επασαs. αυω ον ειsανκαρωι νναμτον νhουο.
English: And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
Coptic: τενου δε αfhασητ αfαατ νσοc. αfλεfλωβτ.
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: αfχρω ντεfοργη αfταυοι εhραι. αfhροjρj ννεfοβhε εhραι jωι. αfρωhτ δε μμοι hν νσοοτε ννεfμανσονε.
English: My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
Coptic: αffωcε εjωι hμ πουοειν ννεfβαλ. αfραhτ εjν ναπατ. αυπωτ δε εhραι εjωι hιουσοπ.
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: α πjοεισ γαρ ταατ ετοοτf μπρεfjινcονσ. αfνοjτ δε ννασεβησ.
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: αfjοορτ εβολ εισμοντ. αfαμαhτε μπαβω αfβοcτ. αfταhοι ερατ νθε νουσκοποσ.
English: For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
Coptic: αυκωτε εροι μν νλογχη ευνουjε μμοου εναcλοοτε εμνtσο. αυπεhτ πασιsε επκαh.
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: αυταυοι εhραι νουhτοπ εjν ουhτοπ. αυπωτ εhουν εροι ευjοορ.
English: They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
Coptic: αυt hιωωτ νουcοουνε. α ταcομ δε ωjν hμ πκαh.
English: They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.
Coptic: α παhητ ρωκh εβολ hμ πριμε. αυω ουhαιβεσ τετhι ναβουhε.
English: They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
Coptic: νε μν λααυ δε νjινcονσ hν ναcιj. ταsληλ δε ουααβ.
English: My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
Coptic: πκαh μπρhωβσ εβολ εjμ πεσνοf ντασαρξ. αυω ννε μα sωπε μπααsκακ.
English: Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Coptic: τενου εισ hηητε ερε παμντρε hν μπηυε. αυω ερε πετσοουν μμοι hν νετjοσε.
English: Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Coptic: ερε πασοπσ πωh επjοεισ. αυω ερε παβαλ tρμιη μπεfμτο εβολ.
English: And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Coptic: ερε ουjπιο δε ναsωπε μπρωμε μπεμτο εβολ μπjοεισ.
English: Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
Coptic: α ναρομπε δε ετηπ ει. ειναβωκ δε ετεhιη νtνακοοτ νhητσ αν.
English: Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!
Coptic: tνατακο ερε ουπνα fι μμοι. tsαατ δε μπετνακοστ αυω μπειcντf.
English: I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not.
Coptic: tσοπσ ειsπhισε εhε νταιρ ου hωωf.
English: Who is this? let him join hands with me.
Coptic: α hενsμμο hεβτ ναhυπαρχωντα.
English: Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
Coptic: α ναβαλ βωλ εβολ εjν ναsηρε.
English: He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.
Coptic: αυκαατ δε νsαjε hν νhεθνοσ. αιsωπε ναυ νσωβε.
English: But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
Coptic: α ναβαλ γαρ τωμ εβολ hν ταοργη. αυκωτε εροι τηρου εματε.
English: For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
Coptic: α νρμμμε ρsπηρε hμ παι. ερε πδικαιοσ δε τωουν εjμ πρεfρνοβε.
English: Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Coptic: ερε ππιστοσ δε jι ντεfhιη. ντε πετουααβ hν νεfcιj jι νουτωκ.
English: But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
Coptic: μμον δε αλλα ετετνtτων τηρτν. νtcν με γαρ αν νhητ τηυτν.
English: Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
Coptic: α ναhοου ουεινε hν ουsνοs. αυω α μμρρε μπαhητ πωh.
English: My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Coptic: ειsανhυπομινη γαρ αμντε πε παηι. αυω αυπωρs μπαπρηs hν ουcοσμ.
English: For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
Coptic: αιμουτε επμου ναι νειωτ. πτακο δε μμααυ hι σωνε.
English: I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister.
Coptic: εστων cε ταhελπισ jιν τενου η tναναυ εναγαθον.
English: Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good?
Coptic: η σενηυ επεσητ νμμαι εαμντε. η νναβωκ επεσητ επκαh hι ουσοπ.
English: Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?
Coptic: α βαλδαδ δε ουωsβ πσαυχιτησ πεjαf
English: Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,
Coptic: jε sατναυ ενγνακαρωκ αν. cω jε νναsαjε hωων.
English: How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.
Coptic: ετβε ου ανγαρων μπεκμτο εβολ νθε ννειτβνη.
English: For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?
Coptic: αυοργη δε ει νακ εsαρε ου γαρ sωπε. μη εκsανμου ερε πκαh ναsωf. η ευναsρsρ ντοου sα νευσντε.
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: πουοειν δε ννασεβησ ναjενα. αυω πευsαh ναωsμ αν.
English: But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Coptic: πεfουοειν γαρ ναρκακε ναf hμ πεfμανsωπε. αυω πεfhηβσ ναjενα εροf.
English: His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Coptic: ερε νελαχιστοσ cωρc ενεfνκα. ντε πεfsοjνε πωhσ.
English: Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.
Coptic: τεfουερητε δε νηj ευπαs. αυω ευεσηhσωhf hν ουsνη.
English: His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.
Coptic: ερε hενcορcσ ει εjωf.
English: And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.
Coptic: μπεfκωτε ντε hενsσνhητ τακοf. ερε hαh δε κωτε ερατf hν ουhκο εfhεjhωj.
English: Let pains destroy him round about, and let many enemies come about him, (12) vex him with distressing hunger:
Coptic: αυσοβτε ναf νουhτοπ νsπηρε.
English: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.
Coptic: ευεουωμ νμμρρε νρατf. ερε πμου δε ουεμ πεfσα.
English: Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.
Coptic: ερε πουjαι δε λο hμ πεfμανsωπε. ερε ουαναγκη δε ταhοf μν ουλα νρρο.
English: And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.
Coptic: ερε πεfρπμεευε τακο εβολ hμ πκαh.
English: Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.
Coptic: ευεντf εβολ hμ πουοειν επκακε.
English: Let one drive him from light into darkness.
Coptic: αυω ννευσουωνf hμ πεfλαοσ. ουδε ννε πεfηι ουjαι hα τπε. αλλα ερε hενκοουε ωνh hν νεfνκα.
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: α νhαεευε αsαhομ εjωf. α νsορπ δε ρsπηρε.
English: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.
Coptic: ναι νε νηι ννρεfjινcονσ. παι δε πε πμα ννετε νσεσοουν αν μπjοεισ.
English: These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.
Coptic: jε sατναυ ετετνthισε νταψυχη. αυω ετετνsορsρ μμοι hν hενsαjε.
English: How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
Coptic: ειμε εματε jε πjοεισ πενταfαατ νthε. τετνsαjε νσωι ντετνsιπε hητ αν ετετν hιjωι.
English: Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
Coptic: αhε ντοου ναιπλανα ναμε. αυω ερε παπλανοσ hατηι. εjω νουsαjε εμεssε. ναsαjε δε πλανα. αυω πευτη μπε.
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: καασ δε jε τετντωουν εjωι. τετνfωcε δε εjωι hν ουνοcνεc.
English: But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.