o.mon.epiph.221
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ὑπομένειν ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲓⲕⲟⲩⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛκυριακή ⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲁϭⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ ⲛἀγάπη ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ καὶ γάρ Ἰησοῦς ⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲛ… ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 86754
Letter asking the recipient to wait until Sunday and to pray for the writer TM 86754Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monastic community at Thebes, in which the writer asks the recipient to wait until the coming Sunday, hopes by God's will to meet again, and asks for prayers in exchange for his own. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
Please, your charity, wait until the next(?) Sunday. If God ordains that we meet(?) each other again, and again pray for us, of your charity, so that God may bless you. For indeed Jesus ordains for us […] word with each other again, and again we will pray for you. Farewell.
The Coptic is elliptical and some phrases, especially the meaning of ⲧⲉⲓⲕⲟⲩⲥⲛⲧⲉ ('this coming' or 'next') and the verb rendered 'meet', are uncertain. 'Your charity' (agape) is a polite form of address used among monks.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.