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Das Schreiben des Apa Joseph an Apa Phoibamon via HGV-meta
Letter from the monk Apa Joseph to Apa Phoibamon about fieldwork and pay. A Coptic letter from the monk Apa Joseph to his spiritual father Apa Phoibamon, reporting that an affair involving a man called Psah (Kyros) turned out well, that he is sowing the fields, and asking for Psah to be sent with his customary pay. It comes from the monastic milieu of Bawit, 7th-8th century AD. machine translation
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- Das Schreiben des Apa Joseph an Apa Phoibamon HGV-meta Bawit (Hermopolites, Ägypten)VII - VIII
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Transcription
[r]
ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ
ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ
ⲉⲧϩⲟⲗⲉϭ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲣⲙ ⲙⲙⲉ ⲥⲉ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲁ ⲧⲉⲕὑποταγή χαίρειν ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲓⲱⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲯⲁϩ
ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲣⲁϣⲉ καλῶς
ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲉⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲛ ⲁⲫⲱⲃ
ⲉⲣ ϣⲁⲩ καλῶς ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲃκαθηγεῖσθαι καλῶς ⲟⲛ ⲁⲡϯⲙⲉ
ⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ
ϯϫⲏⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲓⲱϩⲉ ϯϫⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ
ⲉⲣ ⲧἀγάπη ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲕⲁ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲅϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ
ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲯⲁϩ ⲙⲡϯⲙⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲉϩⲛⲉⲥ
ⲁϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲧσυνήθεια
ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲧⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϯ ϣⲁϯⲗⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲉⲓⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϣⲁϯⲗⲁ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲕⲁⲁϥ
ϫⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲧⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϭⲙⲉ
ⲟⲣⲃ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲣⲟϣ ⲧⲁμερίς ⲁⲕϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱⲛ
ⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲟ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓⲣχρεία
ⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲡⲓⲱϩⲉ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱⲛ
ⲙⲡⲁϩⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ πάλιν ϫⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲧⲁⲙ ⲧⲱⲧ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ
ⲉⲫⲱⲃ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲧⲁⲁϥ †
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
ⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ
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ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ ⲁⲙⲱⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ⲡμοναχόςTranslations (1)
[recto]
Before everything and in all matters,
I greet the glory of your honoured fatherhood, which is sweet through God,
and with tears I greet everyone who is under your authority. Greetings. I inform your fatherhood that you wrote to me about Psah
Kyros. I rejoiced greatly
when I received the letter of your fatherhood. Now then, God
has had mercy on us, the matter
has turned out well, and it has gone well again; the village
wanted it. Now then, look,
I am sowing the fields; I am sowing them.
Do the kindness, do not lose heart, and sit and turn
away from the single place (?). And Psah of the village, send him after me quickly.
He has held me to the customary arrangement
of his pay and that of the year.
And if they have not given a shatila (?) to him for his pay, then send the shatila (?) and do not leave it,
since there is no hand for the work (?).
Shut in the mouth of my share (?). You said, 'Do not open
any door.' Look, I have had need
for the rest of the field; I have opened
my face (?). And again I say: if you go to the village, meet and see
the matter that is good, give it. †
Farewell in the Lord,
my honoured father.
[verso]
Deliver to my beloved, honoured father Apa Phoibamon, amen, from Apa Joseph the monk.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 942786 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.koeln.aegypt;2;43 tier-1
- HGV-Text 942786 tier-1
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