megalaa/coptic-corpora huggingface dataset:
Coptic: εισ hηητε εισ πεcλοc νσολομων. ερε σε νδυνατοσ κωτε εροf εβολ. hν νδυνατοσ μπιηλ.
English: Behold Solomon’s bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.
Coptic: ερε νευσηfε τηρου ντοοτου. ευτσαβηυ εππολεμοσ πρωμε ερε τεfσηfε hιjμ πεfμηροσ. ετβε θοτε ετsωπε ντευsη.
English: They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night.
Coptic: α πρρο σολομων ταμιο ναf νουμα νhμοοσ εβολ hν νsε μπλιβανοσ.
English: King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon.
Coptic: νεfστυλλοσ αυταμιοου νhατ. πεfανακλητον ουνουβ πε. νεfτωρτρ hενjηcε νε. πεfhουν εfτοcσ νωνε μμε. ουαγαπη ντε νsεερε νθιλημ.
English: He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Coptic: αμηιτν εβολ νsεερε νσιων ντετνναυ επρρο σολομων hμ πεκλομ ντα τεfμααυ στεφανου μμοf νhητf hμ πεhοου ντεfsελεετ. hμ πεhοου μπουνοf μπεfhητ.
English: Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Coptic: ειs hηητε νανου ταsβεερε εισ hηητε νεσω νουβαλ ευο νθε νhενβαλ νcροομπε. αυω νουσποτου ευο νθε νουhωωσ νκοκκοσ πβολ ντουταπρο. πουfω εfο νθε νναγελη ννβααμπε εαυουωνh εβολ hν γαλααδ.
English: Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.
Coptic: νουοβhε νθε νναγελη ννενταυhοοκου εαυει εhραι hμ πμοου. ερε hενsηρε νhατρευε sοοπ ναυ τηρου αυω μμν μντατsηρε νhητου
English: Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.
Coptic: ερε νουσποτου ευο νθε νουhωωσ νκοκκοσ ταsελεετ. αυω τουcινsαjε νεσωσ. νουουοcε ευο νθε νhενκουκε νhερμαν μπβολ ντουταπρο
English: Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.
Coptic: πουμακh εfαhερατf νθε μππυργοσ νδαυειδ εαυκοτf hν θαλπιωθ ερε sο νθυρων αsε εροf αυω νσοοτε τηρου ννδυνατοσ
English: Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, and all darts of mighty men.
Coptic: ερε τουεκιβε σντε ευο νθε μπμασ σναυ νhατρεευε νcαhσε ευμοονε hν νεκρινον
English: Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
Coptic: sαντε πεhοου jωκ ντε νhαιβεσ ρικε.
English: Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Coptic: νανου τηρε ταsβεερε αυω μν λααυ νjβιν νhητε
English: Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.
Coptic: αμη εβολ hμ πλιβανοσ τεναει αυω ντεκτο εβολ hν ταρχη ντπιστισ. εβολ hιjν ταπε νσα νειρ μν hερμων εβολ hν νβηβ νμμουι αυω εβολ hν ντουειη νμπαρδαλισ
English: Come from Libanus, my bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Coptic: αρfι πενhητ τασωνε ταsελεετ αρfι πενhητ hν ουα ντε νουβαλ. αυω hν νειεπσα ντε πουμακh
English: My sister, my spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Coptic: jε α νουεκιβε σα εβολ hμ πηρπ αυω πεστοι ννουhοιτε εfsωs σhουε νhηνε τηρου
English: How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!
Coptic: νουσποτου ταsελεετ ευsουε μουλh επεσητ αυω ουεβιω μν ουερωτε εfsοοπ hμ πουλασ αυω πεστοι ννουhοιτε εfο νθε μπεστοι μπλιβανοσ.
English: Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.
Coptic: τασωνε ταsελεετ εσο νθε νουκηποσ εfsοτμ ουκηποσ εfsοτμ ουπηγη εστοοβε
English: My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Coptic: νεντατννοουσε ναν ευο νθε νουπαραδισοσ μν πκαρποσ ννsην ετλεελε hενκουπρ μν hενναρδοσ
English: Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:
Coptic: ουναρδοσ μν ουκροκοσ αυω ουκαs μν ουκινναμωμον μν νsην τηρου μπλιβανοσ ουsαλ μν ουαλλωι μν νhηνε τηρου ετσοτπ.
English: spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:
Coptic: ευο νθε νουπηγη νκαρποσ αυω ουsωτε μμοου εfsουο εβολ hμ πλιβανοσ
English: a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.
Coptic: τωουνγ πτου μhιτ αμου πτουρησ νγνιfε εhουν επακηποσ ντε ναhηνε t μπευστοι μαρε πασον βωκ εhραι επεfκηποσ νfουωμ μπκαρποσ ννεfsην
English: Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
Coptic: αιβωκ εhουν επακηποσ τασωνε ταsελεετ. αιjωωλε μπαsαλ μν παsουhηνε. αιουωμ μπαοεικ μν παεβιω. αισω μπαηρπ μν παερωτε. ουωμ hωτ τηυτν ναsβεερε ντετνσω ντετνthε νασνηυ.
English: Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yea, brethren, drink abundantly.
Coptic: ανοκ tοβs αυω παhητ ρησ. εισ πεhροου μπασον εfτωhμ επρο. jε αουων ναι τασωνε ταsβεερε ταcροομπε ετjηκ εβολ. jε α τααπε μουh νειωτε αυω παfω ετολμ αfμουh νjαf
English: I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Coptic: αικαατ καhηυ νταsτην hν τευsη ειναταασ hιωωτ ον ναs νhε. αιειω νναουερητε εινατολμου ναs νhε.
English: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Coptic: πασον αfjε τοοτf εβολ hμ πουωs μπρο. αυω α παhητ sτορτρ νσωf
English: My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, and my belly moved for him.
Coptic: αιτωουν ανοκ ειναουων μπασον. αυω ναcιj αυsουο sαλ επεσητ. νατηηβε αυsουε sαλ εfσοτπ.
English: I rose up to open to my kinsman; my hands dropped myrrh, my fingers choice myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
Coptic: αισοουτν τοοτ ανοκ εβολ ετκλλε αυω αιουων μπασον πασον αfσαατf αυω α ταψυχη ουαhσ νσα πεfsαjε. αικωτε νσωf αυω μπιhε εροf. αιμουτε εροf αυω μπεfσωτμ εροι
English: I opened to my kinsman; my kinsman was gone: my soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not.
Coptic: αυhε εροι νcι νετροεισ hν τπολισ ευκωτε εροσ. αυραhτ αυω αυπληγη μμοι. αυfι μπαρsων ντοοτ νcι νετροεισ εσοβτ.
English: The watchman that go their rounds in the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Coptic: αιταρκε τηυτν νsεερε νθιλημ. hν νcομ αυω hν ννομτε ντσωsε. jε ετετνsανhε επασον ου πετετναjοοf ναf. ετετναjοοσ ναf jε tjνjηυ ανοκ ντοοτσ νταγαπη
English: I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.
Coptic: ου ου πε πουσον εβολ hμ πτοντν νουσον τετνεσωσ hν νεhιομε. ουαs μμινε πε πουσον εβολ hμ πτοντν νουσον jε αταρκον hι ναι
English: What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?
Coptic: πεσμοτ μπασον πε παι εfουωβs αυω εfτρεsρωs εfραhε τηρf εβολ ετε ουτβα.
English: My kinsman is white and ruddy, chosen out from myriads.
Coptic: ερε τεfαπε ο νθε νουνουβ νκεφασ. νεffω ετολμ σεσηκ ευκημ νθε νhεναβοοκε.
English: His head is as very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.
Coptic: νεfβαλ ευο νθε μπινε νhενcροομπε ευhιjν μμοου ευβοορε εαυjοκμου hμ περωτε. ευhμοοσ hιjν hενμοου ευβοορε εβολ
English: His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, washed with milk, sitting by the pools.
Coptic: hητf εfο νθε νουπυξιον νελεφαντινον εfhιjν ουωνε νσαππιρον ναυαν νjηcε ιγ νεfουοcε ευο νθε νhενφιαλη νhηνε ευsεs σtαν νεfσποτου ευο νθε νhενκρινον ευsουε sαλ εβολ εfσοτπ.
English: His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.
Coptic: νεfcιj νεσωου ευο νειεπσα νθε μπνουβ ετσοτπ εβολ hν θαρσισ.
English: His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.
Coptic: νσηfε νρατf hενστυλοσ νε μμαρμαρον ευταjρηυεjν hενβασισ ννουβ πεfεινε εfο νθε νουλιβανοσ εfσοτπ νθε ννκεδροσ μπλιβανοσ
English: His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.
Coptic: τεfsουωβε εσt hληcε αυω ουεπιθυμια τηρf πε. εισ παι πε πασον. αυω παι πε πετhιτουωι νsεερε νθιλημ.
English: His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Coptic: ντα πασον βωκ ετων. τετνεσωσ hν νεhιομε ντα πουσον βωκ ετων ταρνκωτε νσωf νμμε
English: Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? tell us, and we will seek him with thee.
Coptic: πασον αfβωκ εhραι επεfκηποσ ενεφιαλη μπsουhηνε ετρεfμοονε hν νκηποσ αυω νfκωτf hν νεκρινον.
English: My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Coptic: ανοκ tsοοπ μπασον αυω sοοπ ναι πετμοονε hν νεκρινον
English: I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
Coptic: νανου ταsβεερε νθε μπουωs νεσω νθε νθιλημ ερε thοτε νθε ννcομ εταhε ρατου.
English: Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as armies set in array.
Coptic: νουβαλ μαρουλο ευcωsτ μπαμτο εβολ. jε ντοου αυfι παhητ πουfω εfο νθε νναγελη ννβααμπε εαυουωνh εβολ hν γαλααδ
English: Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad.
Coptic: νουοβhε ευο νθε νναγελη ννενταυhοοκου εαυει εhραι hμ πμοου εhενhατρεευε τηρου νε. εμν λααυ νατsηρε νhητου νουσποτου ευο νθε νουhωσ νκοκκοσ αυω τουcινsαjε νεσωσ τπε
English: Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.
Coptic: νουοcε εfο νθε νουκουκε νhρμαν πβολ ντουταπρο
English: Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.
Coptic: σε νερω νε αυω fτευ jουωτε μπαλλακη. αυω hενsεερε sημ εμν ηπε ντοου εροου
English: There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
Coptic: ουει δε τε ταcροομπε ετjηκ εβολ ουει τε ντοοτσ ντεσμααυ εσσοτπ ντοοτσ ντεντασjποσ. νsεερε αυναυ εροσ ετβε παι νερω σεναμακαριζε μμοσ. ντε μπαλλακη τμαιοσ
English: My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.
Coptic: νιμ τε ται ετcωsτ εβολ νθε μπναυ νsωρπ ενεσωσ νθε μποοh εσσοτπ νθε μπρη εσthοτε νθε ννcομ εταhερατου
English: Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?
Coptic: αιβωκ εhραι επκηποσ νκαροια ετραναυ hμ πγενημα μπεχιμαρροσ εναυ jε νε α τβω νελοολε tουω αυω ενε α νfω νhερμαν tουω εβολ αυω ειναt ναεκιβε νακ hμ πμα ετμμαυ
English: I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, if the pomegranates blossomed. (11) There I will give thee my breasts:
Coptic: μπε ταψυχη ειμε αfκαατ hν νhαρμα ναμιναδαβ.
English: my soul knew it not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab.
Coptic: κτο κτο τοδολλαμιτησ κτο ντεκτο ον jε ενεναυ ερο ζα ετετναει εναυ ου hντοδολλαμιτησ ται εσνηυ νθε ννχοροσ νμπαρεμβολη
English: Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies.
Coptic: τsεερε νναμιναδαβ α νουταcσε σα hν ντοουε ντωs ννουκεhτε ευτντων εhενhορμισκοσ εαυταμιοου hιτν νcιj νουτεχνιτησ
English: Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of thy thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.
Coptic: τουhλπε εσο νθε νουκρατηρ εfsετsωτ εfμεh νηρπ εfσοτπ hητε εfο νθε νουjατμε νσουο εστοοβε νhνκρινον
English: Thy navel is as a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is as a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Coptic: ερε τουεκιβε σντε ο νθε μμασ σναυ νhατρεευ νcαhσε
English: Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns.
Coptic: πουμακh εfο νθε νουπυρκον νελεφαντινον νουβαλ ευο νθε ννλιμνη νεσεβων hν μπυλη ντsεερε νουμηηsε νουcβsα ευο νθε μπλιβανοσ εfcωsτ εhουν εhρασ νδαμασκοσ
English: Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.
Coptic: τουαπε εσο νθε μπκαρμηλοσ hιjω αυω πfω ντουαπε εfο νθε νουjηcε. ουρο εαυκααf hν μπαρατρομισ
English: Thy head upon thee is as Carmel, and the curls of thy hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.
Coptic: ταγαπη ασα hι ναι ζ αυω αταjρο ετουμντνοc
English: How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, my love!
Coptic: τε ται hν ουτρυφη εασsωπε εστντων ετβννε εκιβε αυω νουεκιβε ενεσμαh
English: This is thy greatness in thy delights: thou wast made like a palm tree, and thy breasts to cluster.
Coptic: αυω αιjοοσ jε tνααλε εhραι ετβννε τααμαhτε ννεσμα ετjοσε αυω νουεκιβε σεναρ θε ννεσμαh ντβω νελοολε. αυω πεστοι νsααντε εfο νθε μπεστοι νουjμπεh
English: I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: and now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose of apples;
Coptic: αυω τουsουωβε εσο νθε μπηρπ ετνανουf εfμοοsε ερατf επασον ευσοοτν fνοτμ hν νασποτου μν ναοβhε.
English: and thy throat as good wine, going well with my kinsman, suiting my lips and teeth.
Coptic: ανοκ tsοοπ μπασον αυω ντοf εfνακτοf εροι
English: I am my kinsman’s, and his desire is toward me.
Coptic: αμου ναι πασον ντνβωκ εβολ ετσωsε ντνουωh hν νκωμη
English: Come, my kinsman, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Coptic: ντνsορπν εβολ ενενμα νελοολε ετρνναυ jε νε α τβω νελοολε tουω αυω ενε α νκουπρ tουω αυω νfω νhερμαν νε αυtουω ειναt ναεκιβε νακ hμ πμα ετμμαυ
English: Let us go early into the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, if the blossoms have appeared, if the pomegranates have blossomed; there will I give thee my breasts.
Coptic: νενμα νδραγοροσ αυt μπευστοι αυω νsην τηρου ετtκαρποσ ετhιρν νενρο hενβρρε ερατου νhενασ αιhαρεh εροου νακ πασον.
English: The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for thee.
Coptic: νιμ πετναταακ ναι πασον εκσωνγ ννεκιβε νταμααυ ειsανhε εροκ hιβολ νtναtσο αν εtπι ερωκ αυω νσενασοsτ αν πε
English: I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.
Coptic: tνααμαhτε μμοκ ταjιτκ εhουν επηει νταμααυ αυω εhουν επταμιον ντντασω μμοι tνατσοκ εβολ hμ πηρπ ετο νσt νhηνε. αυω εβολ hμ πηρπ ννεκβω νhερμαν
English: I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.
Coptic: τεfcιj νhβουρ hα τααπε αυω τεfουναμ ναhωλc εροι
English: His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Coptic: αιταρκε τηυτν νsεερε νθιλημ hν νcομ αυω hν ννομτε ντσωsε ετρετννεhσε νταγαπη αυω ντετντουνοσσ sαντσρhνασ
English: I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Coptic: νιμ τε ται ετνηυ εhραι εσουοβs τηρσ εσsουsου μμοσ εjμ πεσσον αιτουνοσκ hαροσ ντβω νjμπεh ειναt ναεκιβε νακ hμ πμα ετμμαυ.
English: Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised thee up under an apple-tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she that bore thee brought thee forth.
Coptic: καατ νθε νουσφραγισ hιjμ πεκcβοι νθε νουσφραγισ hιjμ πεκhητ jε ταγαπη ταjρηυ νθε μπμου αυω πκωh ναsτ νθε ναμντε νεσμα ετκητ ετhμ πjισε ευο νθε νhενsαh νκωhτ
English: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.
Coptic: ουμοου cε εναsωf νfναsωsμ αν νταγαπη αυω hενειερρωου νσεναsομσσ αν ερsαν πρωμε t πεfβιοσ τηρf ετβε ταγαπη hν ουσωsf σενασοsff.
English: Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.
Coptic: τενσωνε ουκουι τε αυω μν εκιβε μμοσ. ου cε πετνναααf ντνσωνε hμ πεhοου ετουναsαjε ετβηητσ
English: Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for?
Coptic: εsjε ουσοβτ τε τννακωτε εροσ νhενεjη νhατ αυω εsjε ουρο τε τνναt εροσ νhενσανισ νsε νκεδροσ
English: If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.
Coptic: εισ hηητε ανοκ ανγ ουσοβτ αυω ναεκιβε hενπυργοσ νε. ανοκ ειhα νεfβαλ hωσ ειναhε εtρηνη
English: I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.
Coptic: ουμα νελοολε αfsωπε νσολομων hν ουμα hν ουμα jε βεελαμων αft μπεfμα νελοολε ννετναhαρεh εροf πρωμε ναεινε hα πεfκαρποσ μμητ νsε νhατ
English: Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
Coptic: πμα νελοολε μπαμτο εβολ νsο να σολομων νε αυω νsητ να νετροεισ νε επεfκαρποσ
English: My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon shall have a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred.
Coptic: πετhμοοσ hν νκηποσ ερε νεκsβεερ t νhτηυ επεκhροου ανοκ hω μαρισωτμ εροf.
English: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear it.
Coptic: πωτ πασον νγρ πεσμοτ νουcαhσε η πμασ νειουλ hιjν ντουειη νsουhηνε
English: Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.
Coptic: μερε τδικαιοσυνη νετκρινε μπκαh αριπμεευε μπjοεισ hν ουμνταγαθοσ ντετνsινε νσωf hν ουμντhαπλουσ ντε πετνhητ.
English: Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
Coptic: jε sαυhε εροf νcι νετε νσεπειραζε μμοf αν sαfουωνh δε εβολ ννετε νσεο νατναhτε εροf αν.
English: For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.
Coptic: sαρε πμεευε γαρ εθοου πορjου επνουτε. αυω τεfcομ ετουονh εβολ sασjπειε ναθητ
English: For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
Coptic: jε μερε τσοφια γαρ βωκ εhουν ευψυχη εσhοου ουδε μεσουωh hν σωμα ρρεfρνοβε.
English: For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
Coptic: πεπνευμα γαρ ετουααβ ντσοφια sαfπωτ εβολ νκροf αυω sαfουε νμμοκμεκ νναθητ αυω sαfjπιε πjινcονσ εfsανει
English: For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
Coptic: ουμαει ρωμε γαρ πε πεπνευμα ντσοφια αυω νfνατμαιε πjιουα αν hν νεfσποτου jε πνουτε πε πμντρε ννεfcλοτε αυω πετμουsτ ναμε μπεfhητ αυω πετσωτμ επεfλασ.
English: For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
Coptic: jε πεπνευμα μπjοεισ αfμεh τοικουμενη αυω πετsωπ μπτηρf εfσοουν μπευhροου.
English: For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
Coptic: ετβε παι μν λααυ ναhωπ εfsαjε hν ουjινcονσ ουδε νfναρβολ αν ετεκρισισ ετννηυ
English: Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.
Coptic: σεναcμπsινε γαρ μπsοjνε μπασεβησ αυω πjοεισ νασωτμ ενεfsαjε επουωνh εβολ ννεfανομια.
English: For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.
Coptic: jε πμααjε μπεfκωh sαfσωτμ εhωβ νιμ. αυω πεhροου ννεκρμρμ ναhωπ αν.
English: For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
Coptic: hαρεh cε ερωτν επεκρμρμ ετsουειτ αυω tσο επετνλασ εβολ hν τκαταλαλια jε μν ουsαjε εfsουειτ ναhωπ ουταπρο εσjιcολ sαστακε τεψυχη.
English: Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
Coptic: μπρκωh cε επμου hν τεπλανη μπετνωνh ουδε μπρσωκ νητν μπτακο hν νεhβηυε ννετνcιj
English: Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.
Coptic: jε μπε πνουτε ταμιε πμου ουδε νfραsε αν εjμ πτακο ννετονh.
English: For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
Coptic: νταfσοντου γαρ τηρου ετρευcω sαβολ αυω ετρευουjαι νcι νσωντ μπκοσμοσ μμν παhρε μμου hραι νhητου ουδε μντερο ναμντε hιjμ πκαh.
English: For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
Coptic: τδικαιοσυνη γαρ ουατμου τε
English: (For righteousness is immortal:)
Coptic: νασεβησ δε hν νευcιj μν νευsαjε αυσοτπf ναυ αυτααf ναυ νsβηρ αυβωλ εβολ αυσμινε νουδιαθηκη νεμαf jε σεμπsα ντμερισ μπετμμαυ.
English: But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
Coptic: αυjοοσ γαρ εαυμεευε hραι νhητου hν ουσοουτν αν jε ουκουι πε πεναhε εfμεh λλυπη αυω μμν μτον sοοπ hμ πμου μπρωμε ουδε μπνσουν ουα εαfει εhραι hν αμντε
English: For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
Coptic: jε ντανsωπε εππετsουειτ μννσωσ ενναρ θε ννετε μπουsωπε jε ουκαπνοσ πε πνιfε ετhν sαντν αυω ουtκ πε πsαjε ετκιμ hμ πενhητ
English: For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:
Coptic: παι εfsανωsμ ερε πσωμα τηρf ναρ θε νουjββεσ αυω πενπνευμα ναβωλ εβολ νθε μπαηρ ετjοορε εβολ.
English: Which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,
Coptic: νσερπωβs μπενραν hμ πενουοειs ντετμ λααυ ερ πμεευε ννενhβηυε αυω πεναhε ναουεινε νθε νουκλοολε αυω fναjωωρε εβολ νθε νουνιfε εαfβωλ εβολ hιτν πακτιν μπρη αυω εα τεfhμμε hροs εjωf.
English: And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.
Coptic: ουhαειβεσ εασουεινε πε πενουοειs αυω μμν κτο sοοπ μπενμου jε αυτωωβε ερωου αυω ννε λααυ κοτf
English: For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.
Coptic: αμηειτν cε ντντσιον νναγαθον ετsοοπ ντνχρω ντεκτισισ hν ουcεπη νθε νουμντβρρε.
English: Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
Coptic: μαρντσιον νηρπ ενανουf hι στι νουfε αυω μπρτρευ σαατν νcι νκαρποσ μπαηρ
English: Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
Coptic: μαρνt εjων νhνκλομ νουρτ εμπατουhωcβ
English: Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered: