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Paulos und Tapiam an Nepheros. Ophellios und die Mitbrüder des Klosters Hathor via HGV-meta

Letter from Paulos and Tapiam to Nepheros and Ophellios asking for prayers. A Christian letter from Paulos and Tapiam, living away from home, probably in Alexandria, to Nepheros, Ophellios and the brothers of a monastic community, asking for their prayers because Tapiam is ill. They also ask Nepheros to make loaves from wheat owed by Papnouthis and send them for the journey back up the Nile. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,ctr] Ὀφελλίῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Παῦλος καὶ Ταπιὰμ ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν. προηγουμένως εὐχόμεθα νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ὑγιαίνουσι ὑμῖν ψυχῇ καὶ σώματι τὰ παρʼ ἡμῶν γράμματα ἀποδοθῆναι, ἔπειτα καὶ νῦν ὑπομνῆσαι ὑμῶν τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν ὅπως ἐν ταῖς εὐχαῖς ὑμῶν μνημονεύσητε ὀνομάσαι ἡμᾶς διὰ τὴν ξενιτείαν ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ παιδία ἡμῶν. ἐγὼ γὰρ ἡ Ταπιὰμ ἐνόσησα καὶ ἔτι ἀνάκειμαι. παρακαλοῦμεν οὖν, εὔξασθε ὑπὲρ τῆς ὁλοκληρίας ἡμῶν· καὶ γὰρ πρὸ τούτου τὰ παιδία ἡμῶν ἐνόσησαν καὶ διὰ τὰς εὐχὰς ὑμῶν ἐπαύσαντο. πιστεύομεν γὰρ ὅτι ὁ κύριος ὑμῶν δικαίων ὄντων ἀκούσεται. καὶ ἡμεῖς γὰρ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἑαυτῶν τὸ τέλος σχεῖν εὐχόμεθα καὶ ἔγγιστα τῶν ἰδίων ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῆς ταλαιπωρίας τοῦ κόσμου θέλομεν, εἴπερ καταξιοῖ ἡμᾶς ὁ δεσπότης σωθῆναι ἐν τῇ ξενιτείᾳ ἡμῶν. σὺ δέ, κύριε ἄδελφε Νεφερώ, ὀλίγα ἡμῖν ψωμία ἀπὸ τοῦ σίτου οὗ χρεωστεῖ Παπνοῦθις ποίησον καὶ ἀπόστειλον ἡμῖν ἵνα εὕρω μετὰ τῶν παιδίων μου· θέλω γὰρ σὺν θεῷ ἀνελθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ ἔχειν. ἀσπαζόμεθα τοὺς ἀγαπητοὺς ἀδελφοὺς πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα καὶ τὰς παρθένους τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν Ὡρίωνα καὶ τὴν μητέρα Τιενὸρ καὶ Πῖναν καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν πάντας [r,ms] κατʼ ὄνομα, ἐρρωμένους ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς ψυχῇ καὶ σώματι ἡ θεία πρόνοια φυλάττοι. [v] κυρίοις μου ἀγαπητοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Νεφερῷ καὶ Ὀφελλίῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς Παῦλος[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To Ophellios and the other beloved brothers, Paulos and Tapiam, greetings in the Lord. First of all we pray night and day that our letter may be delivered to you in good health of soul and body, and then also now to remind your kindness that in your prayers you remember to name us, on account of our sojourn abroad, and our children. For I, Tapiam, fell ill and am still bedridden. We beg you, therefore, pray for our full recovery; for before this too our children fell ill and through your prayers they recovered. For we believe that the Lord will hear you, since you are righteous. For we too pray to reach our end in our own house, and we wish very soon to be released from the hardship of the world among our own people, if the Master deems us worthy to be kept safe in our sojourn abroad. And you, lord brother Nepheros, make a few loaves for us from the wheat that Papnouthis owes and send them to us, so that I may find them when I am with my children; for I wish, with God, to come up to you and to have them on the boat. We greet all the beloved brothers by name, and the virgins of God, and our father Horion and the mother Tienor and Pinas and all our other brothers [margin] by name. May divine providence keep you in good health always in soul and body. [verso] To my lords, the beloved brothers Nepheros and Ophellios and the others, Paulos […]

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