megalaa/coptic-corpora huggingface dataset:
Coptic: αιμεευε εβολ hμπαhητ . μαυαατ jεκαν πhοου καν ραστε τναμου αυω σενακολαζε μμον hνκολασισ ευναsτ . πcαhch ννοβhε αυω πκακε ετhιβολ . πκωhτ νατωsμ . μνπfντ νατνκοτκ . ετουωμ νσατεψυχη .
English: And I thought in my heart when I was alone, saying, ‘If I were to die to-day or to-morrow they would punish us with a severe punishment, with the gnashing of teeth, and with outer darkness, and with the fire that cannot be quenched, and with the worm that never sleepeth, and that devoureth the soul.
Coptic: τωουν μαρον εβολ hμπειμα .
English: Rise up, let us escape from this place,
Coptic: μαρον επjαιε .
English: let us get away into the desert.'
Coptic: ανοκ δε αιρhναι μπωτ ντοοτf μπνοβε .
English: And I wished to escape from the sin.
Coptic: αιτωουν αιει εβολ . αιβωκ εtερημια .
English: And I rose up and came forth, and I departed into the desert,
Coptic: αυω αιλο hαhναυ νιμ . ντετεσhιμε ετμμαυ .
English: and I have never been with that woman since I have been here.
Coptic: αιcινε νtπυγη μμοου μντειβννε μνπεισπυλαιον .
English: And I found this spring- of water, and this palm tree, and this cave.
Coptic: sαρετειβννε ταυεμντσνοουσ νλοου νβννε . καταρομπε . ουλοου καταεβοτ .
English: This palm-tree yieldeth twelve bunches of dates each year, a bunch for each month,
Coptic: πειλοου cε νβννε sαfρωsε εροι καταεβοτ .
English: and one bunch of dates is sufficient to last me for the month.
Coptic: μνλααυ cε sοοπ ναι ουδε hβσω . ουδε τροφη νοεικ .
English: I possess nothing, neither raiment nor the food of bread.
Coptic: παfω δε αfαυξανε . αυω ναhοειτε αυτακο επτηρf .
English: My hair increaseth, and as my clothes were worn out utterly long ago,
Coptic: αιhωβσ cε μπμα ετεssε . εhοβσf hμπαfω .
English: I clothe myself, as is most seemly, with the raiment of my hair.
Coptic: αυω εισ μααβε νρομπε . jινταιει επειμα . ερεπαηρ t ναι νουκρασισ . εσsηs αυω μπιουεμοεικ επτηρf .
English: And behold, it is thirty years since I came to this place, and the climate thereof bestoweth upon me health uniformly. And I never eat bread.'
Coptic: αιjνουf jεαρα ταρχη . ντακει επειμα ακhισε τωνου .
English: And I asked him, 'At first when thou didst come to this place, didst thou suffer greatly?'
Coptic: πεjαf ναι . jεαhε αιhισε τωνου . ω παsηρε . hωστε νναsνοjτ . επκαh ετβεπμκαh νhητ . hωστε νναεsνοjτ . επκαh ετβεπμκαh νhητ . ειωs εhραι επjοεισ ετβενανοβε ετοs .
English: And he said unto me, 'Yea, I did suffer greatly, so much so in fact that sometimes through the intensity of my sorrow I used to throw myself on the ground, and cry up to God because of my manifold sins.
Coptic: αιhισε δε ον hνουνοc μμοκhσ . ετβεπετκασ ετhιjωι
English: And I also suffered great pain through an infirmity which was upon me.
Coptic: αιcωsτ δε αιναυ ευρωμε εfhαεοου εματε αfαhερατf hαhτηι
English: [One day] I looked and I saw a man who was exceedingly splendid standing by me,
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεεκsωνε εου .
English: and he said unto me, “In what part of the body art thou ill?”
Coptic: ανοκ δε αταcομ ει εροι νουκουι πεjαι ναf . jεπjοεισ ειsινε επαhηπαρ .
English: And my strength returned unto me a little, and I said unto him, “I am ill in my liver.”
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεμα τσαβοι επμα ετκsωνε εροf .
English: And he said unto me, “Shew me the place wherein thou art ill,”
Coptic: αιτσαβοf δε επαhηπαρ ετsωνε .
English: and I shewed him the place where my liver was in pain.
Coptic: αfσοβτν ντεfcιj εβολ εροι ερενεfτηηβε ταληυ εjννευερηυ αfπεhπασπιρ ντhε νουσηfε . αυω αfεινε εβολ μπαhηπαρ αfτσαβοι ενεπλυγη . ευhιωωf .
English: And he stretched out his hand upon me, and his fingers rested upon each other, and he made an opening between mⲩ ribs as with a sword (or, knife), and he brought forth my liver, and he shewed me the wounds that were in it,
Coptic: αfhοκου αft ννευουαμομε ευτοεισ . αft ον μπαhηπαρ . επεfμα νκεσοπ .
English: and he relieved the pains in them, and bound the wounds up, and he put my liver back into its place again.
Coptic: αυω αfσλοcλc εjμπασωμα hννεfcιj . αfτωcε μπμα νταfπαhf εjννεfερηυ .
English: And he rubbed my body lightly with his hands, and he rejoined the sides of the opening which he had made in my side,
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεεισhηητε ακουjαι μπρκοτκ ερνοβε jεννεπετhοου επαι sωπε μμοκ . αλλα αριhμhαλ μπjοεισ . jιντενου sαενεh .
English: and he said unto me, “Behold, thou art healed. Sin not again, lest evil more severe than this come upon thee. But make thyself a servant of God from this time for ever.”
Coptic: jινπεhοου ετμμαυ ανετμπασα νhουν τηρου . ουjαι αυω αιλο ειsωνε επαhηπαρ .
English: From that day all my bowels have remained in a healthy condition, and I have ceased to suffer in my liver,
Coptic: tsοοπ hμπειμα νjαιε χωρισhισε .
English: and I have lived in this place in the desert without pains.
Coptic: αfτσαβοι δε εττοεισ ετερενουαμομε hιωωσ .
English: And he taught me what the medicament was wherewith he treated my liver.'
Coptic: αικωρs δε εροf ετρεfκαατ hμπεσπυλαιον . νταιναυ εροf νsορπ .
English: And I entreated him to let me stay in the cave wherein I had seen him at first,
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεντκcομ αν τε ετωουν hατhορμη ννδαιμων αυω αιcωρs εροf ετρεfjω εροι μπεfραν .
English: and he said unto me, 'Thy strength is not sufficient to enable thee to resist the attacks of the devils.' And I urged him to tell me his name,
Coptic: ντοf δε πεjαf ναι jεtμοθεοσ πε πραν
English: and he said unto me, Timothy is my name.
Coptic: αριπαμεευε cε ω πασον μμεριτ ντεπjοεισ jοκτ εβολ hμπαγων ετνανουf νταfταhμετ εροf .
English: Remember me, O my beloved brother, [in thy prayers], so that the Lord may make me to bring to an end the good fight whereto He hath summoned me.'
Coptic: ανοκ δε αιπαhτ hανεfουρηητε jεεfναρπαμεευε νfσμου εροι .
English: And I cast myself down at his feet so that he might remember and bless me.
Coptic: ντοf δε αfσμου εροι εfjω μμοσ jεερεπjοεισ σμου εροκ . νfναhμεκ νcορcσ μπδιαβολοσ αυω νfκαακ hννεfhιοουε τηρου ετνανωου νουοειs νιμ . εκπητ ερατου ννετουααβ .
English: And he blessed me, saying,' The Lord bless thee! May He deliver thee from the snares of the Devil, and may He set thee on all His good paths at all times, and mayest thou escape to the saints.”
Coptic: ντερfουω δε εfσμου εροι αταcομ ει εροι . hωστε ετμτρααισθανε . επτηρf jεthκοειτ . η tοβε .
English: And when he had finished blessing me my strength came to me to such a degree that I never felt when I was hungry or when I was thirsty.
Coptic: ντεριναυ δε εtνοc νsπηρε ντασταhοι . αιτωουν αιμοοsε . εhουν hμπτοου .
English: And when I perceived the great marvel that had come to me I rose up, and I journeyed into the mountain.
Coptic: ντερεfτοου δε νhοου ουεινε αιhισε αυω αιπωρs νναcιj εhραι ετπε .
English: And when four days had passed by I felt pain, and I stretched out my hands to heaven,
Coptic: αιsληλ . αυω εισ πρωμε νταfει sαροι νsορπ .
English: and I prayed, and behold the man who had come unto me at first again came unto me,
Coptic: αfει sαροι ον αftcομ ναι ντhε ντεhουειτε .
English: and he gave unto me strength as at the first.
Coptic: hαπλωσ απμεhfτοου . νhοου ουεινε . ειμοοsε εhουν
English: In short, when four days had passed I journeyed on into [the desert].
Coptic: ντευνου δε . αιcωsτ αιναυ ευρωμε . μπουε εfο νhοτε εματε . ερεπεffω πορs εβολ . εjμπεfσωμα . ντhε μπανειπαρταλησ . νfκηκαhηυ γαρ πε . ερεhενcωωβε hωβσ μπεfσμοτ νhοουτ .
English: And straightway I looked, and I saw a man in the distance, and he was an exceedingly terrifying object, for his hair was spread out over his body like that of a panther, and he was naked, and his privy parts were covered with leaves.
Coptic: ντερεfhων εhουν εροι αιρhοτε .
English: And when he had come nigh unto me I was afraid,
Coptic: αιαλε εhραι εjνουκωh ντοου . jεμεsακ ουεια ντοου πε .
English: and I went up on a pinnacle of the mountain, [thinking that] perhaps he was a man in delirium.
Coptic: ντερεfει δε αfνοjf νουκουι . hατhαιβεσ νουκωh ντοου . νfθλιβε εματε ετβενhισε ετfsοοπ νhητου . πεhκο . μνπειβε . νfκυνδυνευε εματε .
English: And when he had come he cast himself down for a little time under the shadow of the pinnacle of the mountain, and he was greatly distressed because of the pain which he was suffering, and he was in great danger of dying of hunger and thirst.
Coptic: αffι δε ννεfβαλ εhραι επκοοh . ντοου . αfναυ εροι . αfμουτε jεαμου επεσητ sαροι πρωμε ετουααβ .
English: And he lifted up his eyes to the pinnacle of the mountain, and when he saw me he cried out, saying. 'Come down to me, O thou holy man.
Coptic: ανοκ δε hω ανγουρμντοου ντεκhε . ειsοοπ hμπειjαιε . ετβενανοβε .
English: I also am a man of the mountain like unto thyself, and I am living in the desert because of my sins.'
Coptic: ντοf δε πεjαf ναι jεντκουsβηρ . hωωκ ον ντεπνουτε .
English: And he said unto me, ' Thou art a friend (?) of God.'
Coptic: αιhμοοσ ον μπεfμτο εβολ . αυω αιπαρακαλει μμοf . ετρεfjω εροι μπεfραν .
English: And I sat down before him, and I conjured him to tell me his name.
Coptic: ντοf δε πεjαf ναι jεοννοφριοσ πε παραν . αυω εισ σε νρομπε tsοοπ hνtερημια . ειμοοsε hνντοου ντhε ννεθηριον . αυω μπιναυ ερωμε εισοουν μμοf .
English: And he said unto me, 'Onnophrios is my name. And behold, I have lived in this desert for sixty years. I wander about in the mountains like the wild animals, and I never see any man who recognizeth me.
Coptic: ειsοοπ δε hνουσοουhσ μμοναχοσ hμπτοου νsμουν ντεθηβαισ .
English: I lived at one time in a habitation of monks, in the mountain of Shmun of the Thebaid.
Coptic: πραν δε ντhενεετε ετμμααυ πε ερητε .
English: And the name of that monastery was Erete.
Coptic: ενο νουhητ νουωτ μννενερηυ hιουσοπ . ερεtρηνη sοοπ hντενμηητε . ενsοοπ hνουεσυχια μννενερηυ . ενtεοου μπνουτε .
English: We all lived together, and each of us was of the same mind, and peace dwelt in our midst. We lived with each other a life of quiet contemplation, and we ascribed glory unto God.
Coptic: ανοκ δε νειο νουsη νροεισ νμμαυ . ειjισβω νκωτ μπνουτε εβολ hιτοοτου . νhεννοc ντελιοσ . νε ντhε νναγγελοσ μπjοεισ .
English: And I passed nights in vigil with them, and I learned the rules of God from them; and their chief men were perfect even as the angels of the Lord.
Coptic: αισωτμ ευsαjε ετβεπενειωτ hηλιασ πεθεσβιτησ . jενταfcμcομ hμπνουτε νthε τηρσ . εfsοοπ hμπειjαιε .
English: And I heard them speaking about our father Elijah, the Tishbite, and saying that he was wholly powerful in God while he lived in this desert .
Coptic: αυω ιωhαννησ πβαπtστησ . πετεμπfτωουν hμπεjπο ννεhιοομε . νcιπετο ννοc εροf . εfsοοπ hννjαιε . sαπεhοου μπεfουωνh εβολ hμπισραηλ .
English: John the Baptist also, than whom of all those who have been born of women none hath arisen who is greater than he. He lived in the desert-places until the day of his manifestation before Israel.
Coptic: πεjαι ναυ jεναειοοτε . ουκ ουν νετhμπjαιε . σεσοτπ νhουο ερον .
English: And I said unto them: My fathers, are not then those who are in the desert more excellent than we are?
Coptic: ανον γαρ εισhηητε τνναυ ενενερηυ μμηνε . αυω τνσοουh νσυναξισ hιουσοπ .
English: For behold, we see each other daily, and we partake of the Sacrament together.
Coptic: ενsανhκο . τνhηυ εhρε εfσβτωτ ναν .
English: When we are hungry we make use of the food which is prepared for us.
Coptic: ενsανειβε . τνhηυ εμοου εσω .
English: When we are thirsty we take water to drink.
Coptic: ενsανρατcομ sαυtτοοτν . hιτννενσνηυ .
English: When we are weak our brethren reach out their hands to help us,
Coptic: αυω ενsανεπιθυμει ευσκευοσ εουομf . τνδιακωνει μμοf ννενερηυ ετβεουαγαπη . ντεπνουτε .
English: and when we wish for the loan of a vessel to eat from we make use of those belonging to each other, for the love of God.
Coptic: ερενετsοοπ hμπjαιε ετβεπνουτε ναhε ερωμε των . ερsανουθλιψισ ταhοου .
English: But where shall those who are living in the desert, for God's sake, find a man if trouble come upon them?
Coptic: η ευsανhκο ευναhε ετροφη των .
English: If they are hungry where can they find food?
Coptic: ευsανειβε ευναhε εμοου των εσω .
English: If they are thirsty where can they find water to drink?
Coptic: ταρχη γαρ ευναβωκ . εταναχωρισισ . sαυραsε εματε . ετβεπεhκο μνπειβε . μνμπολιτεια . ετθητ .
English: When they begin to lead the life of the anchorite they rejoice exceedingly because of hunger, and thirst, and the excellence of their manner of life.
Coptic: ντεππαντυκιμενοσ . ετt νμμαυ . ετρεfπειραζε μμοου νhητου . ενfουωs αν ετρευcω hνταναχωρισισ . εfσοουν jεουνοc πε πβεεκε . ετουναjιτf ντοοτf μπνουτε . ευsανει εβολ hνσωμα .
English: And the Adversary who fighteth with them to tempt them thereby doth not wish them to continue the life of the anchorite, for he knoweth that the reward is great which they will receive from God when they shall come forth from the body.
Coptic: μπναυ μματε ετουναhυπομεινε . sαρεμμντsανhτηf μπνουτε ταhοου . sαfτρεναγγελοσ . διακωνει ναυ ντευτροφη . νfεινε ναυ μπμοου εβολ . hνουπετρα 
English: When they are preaching ascetic labours the compassion of God cometh upon them, and He maketh the angels to serve them in respect of their food, and He bringeth for them water out of the rock.
Coptic: fσηh γαρ hνησαιασ . jενετhυπομεινε . επjοεισ ναsιβε ντευcομ .
English: For it is written in Isaiah, Those who abide patiently in the Lord shall renew their strength.
Coptic: σεναρεττνh ντhε ννιαετοσ .
English: They shall spread out their wings like the eagles in flight.
Coptic: σεναπωτ νσετμhε .
English: They shall fly away and shall not fall.
Coptic: σεναμοοsε νσετμhκο .
English: They shall journey and shall not suffer hunger.
Coptic: αfjοοσ jεσενανπμοου ναυ εβολ hνουπετρα .
English: He saith, Water shall be brought to them out of the rock.
Coptic: ευsανhκο . δε ον sαfτρενβοτανη ετhντσωsε . hλοc hντευταπρο . ντhε νουεβιω . εfhολc
English: When they suffer hunger He will make the grass which is in the field to be sweet to their mouths, even as honey is sweet.
Coptic: ερsανουθλιψισ . ταhοου η ντεουκινδυνοσ . τωουν εjωου . ντευνου sαυπωρs ννευcιj εβολ νσεsληλ . επρρο ιησουσ . sαντετεfβοηθια ταhοου hνουcεπη . νfjοου εβολ ντευνου νfjοορου εβολ ετβεπσοουτν μπευhητ . εhουν εροf .
English: If tribulation come upon them, or danger rise up against them, straightway they spread out their hands and they pray to the King Jesus until there cometh to them speedily His help which He sendeth forth, and straightway He strengtheneth them because of the integrity of their heart in respect to Him.
Coptic: μπεκσωτμ ντοκ επετσηh . jεπjοεισ νακω νσωf αν . μπεfλαοσ . αυω jετhυπομονη . μπεβιην ναhε εβολ αν sαπτηρf .
English: Hast thou never heard that which is written, The Lord will not forsake His people, and the patient endurance of the miserable man shall not fail utterly?
Coptic: αυω ον jεαπhηκε ωs εβολ .
English: And again, the poor man crieth out,
Coptic: απjοεισ σωτμ εροf
English: and the Lord heareth him,
Coptic: αfτουjοf εβολ hννεfθλιψισ τηρου .
English: and delivereth him in all his tribulations.
Coptic: ερεπνουτε . t μπουα πουα καταπhισε . ετεfναsοπf .
English: The Lord giveth unto every man according to what he hath suffered.
Coptic: ναιατf μπετναειρε μπουωs μπνουτε . hιjμπκαh .
English: Blessed is the man who shall do the will of God upon the earth!
Coptic: tjω μμοσ νακ jεναγγελοσ ναδιακωνει εροf . jινεfhμπσωμα . νσεcω ευσολσλ μμοf . νναυ νιμ . hννεfαναγκη .
English: I say unto thee that the angels shall serve him from the time when he entereth the body, and they shall comfort him at all times in his need.
Coptic: ανοκ δε πσον ντερισωτμ εναι εβολ hιτοοτου ννειτελειοσ ντεπνουτε . αυρτhε νουεβιω . εfhολc hμπαhητ .
English: And to me, your brother, when I had heard these things from these perfect men of God, they became like unto honey, which is sweet in my belly,
Coptic: αυω αυνοc ναισθησισ . sωπε hμπασα νhουν .
English: and a mighty ecstasy took place within me,
Coptic: αιρτhε ννενταπευνουσ . πωωνε επκεαιων .
English: and I became like unto those whose minds are carried away into another world.
Coptic: αιτωουν ντευνου
English: And I rose up straightway,
Coptic: αιfι νhενκουι νοεικ . νμμαι ναπsαυ νfτοου νhοου μμοοsε . ετραουωμ νhητου . sαπμα ετερεπjοεισ νατοsτ εροf .
English: and I took a few bread cakes with me, sufficient for the four days' journey, so that I might eat of them until I arrived at the place which God should appoint for me.
Coptic: ντεριει δε εβολ hνταhενεετε . αιcωsτ
English: ``And when I had come forth from the monastery I looked,
Coptic: αιναυ ευουοειν μπαμτο εβολ .
English: and I saw a being of light before me,
Coptic: αιμεευε hμπαhητ . ετρακαατ επαhου . επτοποσ ενει νhητf νsορπ . ταcω ντhε ενειο μμοσ .
English: and I thought in my mind that I would turn back to the place to which I came first of all, and remain there(?).
Coptic: ντερfειμε δε jεαιρhοτε . πεjαf ναι jεμπρhοτε .
English: And when he knew that I was afraid, he said unto me, `Fear not,
Coptic: ανοκ πε παγγελοσ ετcαληυ εροκ . ετμοοsε νμμακ . jιντεκμντκουι .
English: for I am the angel that dwelleth with thee, and that hath travelled with thee from thy childhood;
Coptic: tοικονομια ται νταπjοεισ . τοsσ εροκ . κναjπε jωκσ εβολ .
English: this stewardship, which the Lord hath appointed to thee, thou shalt be able to fulfil.'
Coptic: ντεριει δε εhουν επτοου . αιμοοsε hμπjαιε ενασοου μμηλιον νσαsf
English: ``And when I had come into the mountain, and I had journeyed in the desert for six or seven miles,
Coptic: αιναυ ευσπυλαιον
English: I saw a cave,
Coptic: αιρακτ εjωf . jεειεναυ jεουνρωμε νhητf .
English: and I turned towards it, for I saw that there was a man inside it.
Coptic: αfει ναι εβολ νcιουνοc νhαγιοσ . ντεπνουτε . ενεσωf hμπεfσμοτ . ερεουνοc νχαρισ hιρμπεfhο .
English: And a very great saint of God came out to me; now this form (or, behaviour) was goodly, and there was a fine graciousness over his countenance.
Coptic: ντεριναυ δε εροf αιουωsτ ναf .
English: And when I had seen him, I made obeisance unto him.
Coptic: ντοf δε αfτουνοστ
English: And he raised me up,
Coptic: αfασπαζε μμοι .
English: and he saluted me,
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεντοκ πε οννοφριοσ παsβηρρhωβ hμπjοεισ .
English: and he said unto me, `Thou art Onnophrios, my fellow worker in the Lord;
Coptic: πjοεισ νμμακ . νγμαατε μπωβ ετνανουf . νταfταhμκ εροf .
English: The Lord be with thee. Thou shalt succeed in the good work whereunto He hath invited thee.'
Coptic: αιβωκ δε εhουν
English: And I went inside,
Coptic: αιhμοοσ hαhτηf . νhενκουι νhοου .
English: and I sat down there with him for a few days,
Coptic: αιjισβω νκωτ ντμντνουτε . εβολ hιτοοτf .
English: and I learned the rules of the doctrine of God from him,
Coptic: αυω αfτσαβοι ετcινρhωβ επjαιε .
English: and he taught me the regulations which governed the life of the monk in the desert.
Coptic: ντερεfναυ δε jεαιειμε εππολεμοσ ετhηπ μννhοτε ετsοοπ hμπjαιε . αfjοοσ ναι jετωουν μαρον παsηρε . νταjιτκ . ευμα νjαιε . hντερημοσ ετhιhουν . νγsωπε νhητf μαυαακ ετβεπνουτε .
English: And when he saw that I was acquainted with the hidden and terrible fighting which existed in the desert, he said unto me, `Rise up, my son, and let me take thee to a desolate place in the inner desert, and thou shalt abide therein by thyself for God's sake.
Coptic: επειδη νταπjοεισ πνουτε τοsκ επειhωβ ετρεκsωπε hμπjαιε .
English: Since God hath appointed thee to this work thou must dwell in the desert.
Coptic: ντευνου αfτωουν αfμοοsε νμμαι εhουν επjαιε ναfτοου νhοου μμοοsε .
English: And straightway he rose up, and journeyed with me into the desert for a distance of four days' journey,
Coptic: hμπjωκ δε νfτοου νhοου . ανει εjνουκουι νκαλυβη .
English: and at the end of the four days we came to a small hut,
Coptic: πεjαf ναι jεπαι πε πμα νταπjοεισ τοsf νακ . ετρεκsωπε νhητf
English: And he said unto me, 'This is the place which the Lord hath appointed thee to live in.'
Coptic: αfhμοοσ δε hαhτηι νουεβοτ νhοου sαντεινοι μπhωβ ετνανουf ετεssε εροι εααf .
English: And he sat down with me for a month of days, until I understood the good work which it was meet for me to do.
Coptic: μννσωσ αfμοοsε εβολ hιτοοτ .
English: And afterwards he departed from me,
Coptic: αυω νναυ ενενερηυ . νουσοπ τερομπε . sαπεhοου . νταfκασωμα εhραι .
English: and we never saw each other again until this year when I saw him once on the day whereon he laid down the body,
Coptic: αυω αιτωμσ μμοf hμπτοποσ ετf νhητf .
English: and I buried him inside the place wherein he was.''
Coptic: πεjαι δε ναf jεπαμεριτ νειωτ ετνανουf . αρα νταρχη . ντακει επειμα . ακhισε jινμπε .
English: And I (i.e. Papnoute) said unto him, ``My good and beloved father, at the beginning, when thou didst first come to this place, didst thou suffer from the weather?''
Coptic: πεjαf ναι νcιπhλλο μμακαριοσ . jεαιhισε τωνου . νουμηηsε νσοπ ετβεπεhκο . μνπειβε . αυω ετβεπκωhτ ετνβολ μπεhοου . μνπνοc νjαf ντευsη .
English: And the blessed old man said unto me, ``I suffered greatly on several occasions from hunger, and thirst, and the heat outside in the daytime, and the great cold by night,
Coptic: ανασαρξ cωc εβολ hντειωτε ντπε .
English: and my flesh was wasted away by the dews of heaven.
Coptic: ντερεπνουτε δε jεαιhυπομεινε hμπαγων . ετνανουf . ντνηστεια . αυω jεαιt μπαhητ . ετασκησισ . αfτρεναγγελοσ ετουααβ διακωνει ναι . ντατροφη μμηηνε . εft μμοσ ναι ντευsη . εfταhο ερατf μπασωμα .
English: And when God [saw] that I endured patiently in my good strife of fasting, and that I gave my heart to ascetic practices, He made holy angels serve me, and bring to me my daily food, and an angel gave it to me evening by evening, and he stood by my body.
Coptic: αυω νερεtβννε . ταυο εβολ . ναι μμντσνοουσ . νλοου τερομπε καταεβοτ δε νειουωμ νουλοου .
English: And the palm-tree yielded unto me each year twelve bunches of dates, and I ate one bunch every month.
Coptic: αυω ον νκεβοτανη ετρητ hιπτοου . αfτρευhλοc hνταταπρο . ντhε νουεβιω .
English: And, moreover, he made the herbs (or, grasses) which grow in the desert to be sweet to my mouth, even as honey.
Coptic: fσηh γαρ jενερεπρωμε ναωνh αν εοεικ μαυααf αλλα εsαjε νιμ ετνηυ εβολ hντταπρο μπνουτε . ερεπρωμε ναωνh εροου .
English: For it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which cometh forth from the mouth of God doth man live.
Coptic: εκsανρπουωs μπνουτε fναfι μπεκροουs . hμμα νιμ .
English: If thou doest the will of God, He shall take care of thee in every place.
Coptic: πεjαf γαρ hμπευαγγελιον ετουααβ . jεμπρfιροουs jεου πε πετετνεουομf . η ου πε πετετνεσοοf . η ου πε πετετνετααf hιωττηυτν . πετνειωτ ετhνμπηυε . σοουν μπετετνρχρεια μμοf μπατετναιτει μμοf .
English: For He hath said in the Holy Gospel, Take no care for what ye shall eat, or for what ye shall drink, or with what raiment ye shall clothe yourselves, for your Father Who is in heaven knoweth of what things ye have need without your asking Him.
Coptic: sινε ντοf νσατεfμντρρο μντεfδικαιοσυνη .
English: Seek ye His kingdom and His righteousness,
Coptic: αυω ναι σεναουοhου ερωτεν .
English: and these things shall be added unto you.
Coptic: ναι δε ντερισωτμ εροου . αιρsπηρε εματε . πεjαι ναf jεω παειωτ ετουααβ . εsακσυναγε των μπσαββατον μντκυριακη .
English: And when I had heard these things I marvelled exceedingly, and I said unto him, ``O my holy father, where dost thou partake of the Sacrament on the Sabbath Day and on the First Day of the week?''
Coptic: ντοf δε πεjαf ναι jεω παειωτ ετουααβ .
English: And he said unto me, ``O my holy father, an angel cometh and administereth to me the Sacrament on the Sabbath Day and on the First Day of the week.
Coptic: fνηυ νcιουαγγελοσ . ντεπνουτε . εfσυναγε μμοι μπσαββατον μντκυριακη . αυω ουον νιμ εfhμπjαιε . ετπολυτευε ετβεπνουτε . αυω ετμναυ ερωμε .
English: And the angel cometh and administereth the Sacrament to every one who is in the desert,
Coptic: fνηυ νcιουαγγελοσ . νfσυναγε μμου . αυω νfσλσωλου .
English: and he giveth unto them consolation.
Coptic: ευsανεπιθυμει δε ον εναυ ερωμε . sαυαναλαμβανε μμοου . ενεπουρανιον . νσεναυ ενετουααβ τηρου . νσεασπαζε μμοου ντεπευhητ . jιουοειν νσεουροτ αυω νσεευφρανε μμοου . μνπνουτε hνναγαθον ετμμαυ .
English: And, moreover, when they desire to see any one, they are taken up into the heights of heaven, and they see all the saints, and they salute them, and thereby their hearts receive light, and they rejoice, and are glad with God in those good things.